The New Cambridge History of Japan

The New Cambridge History of Japan is a three-volume series published by Cambridge University Press. It is intended to replace the six-volume The Cambridge History of Japan published in the 20th century. The series is edited by Northwestern University professor Laura Hein.

Volumes

 * 1) Premodern Japan: A Millennium of Evolving Themes (edited by Hitomi Tonomura). This volume will cover Japan before the seventeenth century.
 * 2) Early Modern Japan in Asia and the World, c.1580–1877 (edited by David L. Howell). This volume covers the Edo period.
 * 3) The Modern Japanese Nation and Empire, c.1868 to the Twenty-First Century (edited by Laura Hein). This volume covers events from the Meiji Restoration to the 21st century.