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This text examines Japanese history in its entirety to identify the factors underlying the nation's progression to superpower. Japan's achievement is explained not merely in economic terms, but at a more fundamental level, as a product of historical patterns of response to circumstance. Japan is shown to be a nation historically impelled by a pragmatic determination to succeed. The book also highlights unresolved questions and little known facts.
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A first-rate introduction to the history -- Derek Massarella, Chuo University, Japan
This is an extraordinary book that will appeal to student, specialist and general reader alike -- Laurie Barber, University of Waikato
[This book] is destined to find a place as one of the most important books in Japanese studies -- Ken Coates, Professor of History, University of New Brunswick
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This is an extraordinary book that will appeal to student, specialist and general reader alike -- Laurie Barber, University of Waikato
[This book] is destined to find a place as one of the most important books in Japanese studies -- Ken Coates, Professor of History, University of New Brunswick
Kenneth G. Henshall is Professor of Japanese Studies in the department of Asian Studies at the University of Canterbury, UK
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0333744799
- ISBN 13 9780333744796
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages242
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