The Making of Modern Japan (Problems in European Civilization) - Softcover

Kenneth B. Pyle

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Analyzing the dynamics of historical change, the text discusses the major forces in Japan's development from 1600 to the present day, including samurai officialdom, industrialization, militarism, and social values.

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Kenneth B. Pyle is Professor Emeritus of History and International Studies at the University of Washington. He is the is Founding President of The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank, and serves on the organization's Board of Directors. In 2008 he received the Japan Foundation s Special Prize in Japanese Studies.

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ISBN 10:  0669200204 ISBN 13:  9780669200201
Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1995
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