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(★)(▼CONTENTS : PART ONE - CHUZAN : INDEPENDENT KINGDOM IN THE EASTERN SEAS /1.The Legendary Past (To A.D.1314) /2.A Century of Conflict (1314-1398) /3.The Great Days of Chuzan (1398-1573) PART TWO - ISOLATION : ´LONELY ISLANDS IN A DISTANT SEA´ /4.Continental War and Loss of Independence (1573-1609) /5.The Years of Isolation (1609-1797) PART THREE - BETWEEN TWO WORLDS /6.The Barrier Islands (1797-1853) /7.The Mouse And The Eagle : Perry In Okinawa (1853-1854) /8.Japan ´Protects´ The Okinawans (1855-1878) PART FOUR - OKINAWA-KEN : FRONTIER PROVINCE /9.The Ryukyu Kingdom Comes To An End (1879-1890) /10.Assimilation By Japan (1890-1940) /11.Between Hammer And Anvil : Okinawa And The Coming of World War II (1941-1945)/) |