A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds

by Louis M. Cullen and L.M. Cullen

Book Overview

Offering a distinctive overview of the pressures responsible for the emergence of modern Japan, Louis Cullen rejects the traditional boundaries of Japanese historiography and combines economic, social, and political approaches to create a powerful analysis. Cullen reviews the Japanese experience of expansion, social transition, industrial growth, economic crisis and war, to present an island nation that is a growing industrial power with little perception...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521529182
• ISBN13: 9780521529181
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.9"