Burning and Building: Schooling and State Formation in Japan, 1750-1890

by Brian Platt

Soon after overthrowing the Tokugawa government in 1868, the new Meiji leaders devised ambitious plans to build a modern nation-state. Among the earliest and most radical of the Meiji reforms was a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674013964
• ISBN13: 9780674013964
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"