Japan and the Wider World: From the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present - Hardcover

Iriye, Akira

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138131210 ISBN 13: 9781138131217

Publisher: Routledge, 2015

Synopsis

Akira Iriye assesses Japan's international relations, from a Japanese perspective, in the century and a half since she ended her self-imposed isolation and resumed her place in the international community. The book is the author's own adaptation of two highly successful short studies, up to and after 1945, that he wrote for Japan. It ends with a consideration of Japan's international relations since the end of the Cold War, and her place in the world today. This is history written from within - and there could be no better interpreter of Japan to the West than this most distinguished of historians, who, himself Japanese, has long lived and taught in the United States.

About this title

About the Author:

Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of American History, Emeritus, at Harvard University. He is the author of Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of the Contemporary World (2002), Cultural Imperialism and World Order (1998), China and Japan in the Global Setting (1993), Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War 1941 1945 (1981), Pacific Estrangement: Japanese and American Expansion, 1897 1911 (1972), Across the Pacific: An Inner History of American-East Asian Relations (1967) and After Imperialism: The Search for a New Order in the Far East, 1921 1931 (1965).

Review:

"A particularly valuable survey." E.H.R

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1138131210
• ISBN 13: 9781138131217
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222