Modern Japan : a social history since 1868 / J.E. Thomas
by Thomas, J. E. 1933-
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780582259621
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About This Item
London ; New York : Longman, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-324) and index. Contents; Out of isolation -- Racism -- Towards a new Japan -- Japan's outcastes: discrimination then; discrimination now -- 'All citizens are soldiers' -- Unfriendly neighbours: the peoples of Japan and Korea -- Japanese tradition and the curbing of 'dangerous thoughts' -- 'The wish of the dead child'. Women in Japan: a wish denied? -- The Pacific war: 'hakko ichiu' -- Education: from 'the fundamental character of our empire' to the cornerstone of modern Japan -- Swords to ploughshares: Japan since 1945. Subjects; Since 1868. 15.75 history of Asia. HISTORY. JAPAN. SOCIAL HISTORY.
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- Title
- Modern Japan : a social history since 1868 / J.E. Thomas
- Author
- Thomas, J. E. 1933-
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0582259622
- ISBN 13
- 9780582259621
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Longman
- Date Published
- 1996
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