The Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan's Greatest Men and Women - Hardcover

Weston, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568362862 ISBN 13: 9781568362861

Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Giants of Japan contains more than 40 biographies of people who have shaped Japan's industry, history, and culture, individuals who have given their society its unique emphasis on both success and serenity.

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Review:

"A superb new book."-Los Angeles Times"A successful attempt to personalize history."-The Washington Post"Vivid...An excellent introduction to Japanese history."-Foreign Affairs"Enjoyable, informative, and well-written."-Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha "A superb new book."-Los Angeles Times "A successful attempt to personalize history."-The Washington Post "Vivid...An excellent introduction to Japanese history."-Foreign Affairs "Enjoyable, informative, and well-written."-Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha "A superb new book."-Los Angeles Times"A successful attempt to personalize history."-The Washington Post"Vivid...An excellent introduction to Japanese history."-Foreign Affairs"Enjoyable, informative, and well-written."-Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha "A superb new book."-Los Angeles Times "A successful attempt to personalize history."-The Washington Post "Vivid...An excellent introduction to Japanese history."-Foreign Affairs "Enjoyable, informative, and well-written."-Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha "A superb new book."-Los Angeles Times"A successful attempt to personalize history."-The Washington Post"Vivid...An excellent introduction to Japanese history."-Foreign Affairs"Enjoyable, informative, and well-written."-Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha

About the Author:

MARK WESTON has worked as a journalist for ABC News and has written for The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times. He is the author of The Land and People of Pakistan, and a one-man play about George Orwell, The Last Man in Europe. He lives in Armonk, New York. WALTER MONDALE, who wrote the foreword, is a former vice president of the United States and Ambassador to Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1568362862
• ISBN 13: 9781568362861
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 378