Showa
The Japan of Hirohito
Carol Gluck author Stephen R Graubard editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Published:2nd Feb '94
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This "stimulating and comprehensive" (Kirkus Reviews) collection of original essays on twentieth-century Japan's history and culture provides a unique mix of American and Japanese perspectives on Showa. With an important, substantial Introduction by Carol Gluck, the volume explores the strengths of the Japanese economy, the issue of democracy and Japan's political culture, Japan's achievements in technology and the arts, and its relations with other Asian nations and the United States.
"Showa is a useful collaborative American-Japanese exercise. Joint ventures can work." -- Daily Mainichi
ISBN: 9780393310641
Dimensions: 236mm x 155mm x 30mm
Weight: 559g
380 pages