Status
Available
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Collection
Publication
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (1981), Edition: 3rd, 428 pages
Description
Chronicles the evolution of premodern (early AD to 1850), modern (1850-1945), and postwar (1945-1989) Japanese civilization from imperial rule through the death of Emperor Hirohito. This book explores the roots and development of the military dictatorship that brought Japan into World War II and the effects of the postwar American occupation.
Language
Original publication date
1946
1990
1953-01 (Second Edition ∙ revised and enlarged)
1964-02 (Third Edition ∙ revised)
2020-01 (Fourth Edition)
Physical description
428 p.; 8.1 inches
ISBN
0394324129 / 9780394324128