Creating Japan: 1853-1964
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About This Novel
It only took more than a hundred years for Japan to become a modern country with a highly developed economy under the supervision of the United States and successfully host the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. In this wise, beautiful and concise book, Ian Buruma clearly presents the various major events and subsequent changes that Japan has experienced through a detailed examination of this historical period, from the Overthrow Movement, the Meiji Restoration, the Russo-Japanese War, the War of Aggression against China, the Tokyo Trials, all the way to the American takeover and the Tokyo Olympics. Buruma deeply explores various aspects of Japanese social thought, political order, and economic life, and uses a unique and objective perspective to explain how Japan experienced these dramatic changes and the accompanying wars and reforms, and finally transformed from a small closed traditional island country into a modern country that affects East Asia and even the world.
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