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Inventing Japan, 1853-1964

Inventing Japan, 1853-1964

by Ian Buruma

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 194 PAGES

Buruma, a favorite writer who has written widely on Japan, here offers an admirably succinct, tightly constructed history of Japan's transformation from feudal state to host of the 1964 Olympics, with special focus on World War II.  (JPN139, $12.95)


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