The Making of Modern Japan Export

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:379227 L3 - citeulike-article-id:379227 N2 - {Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work presents a seamless account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to the present. A distillation of more than fifty years' engagement with Japan and its history, it is the crowning work of our leading interpreter of the modern Japanese experience. "Jansen's view of modern Japanese history has two particular merits. He refuses to see Japan in isolation, as a kind of sealed-off island of uniqueness … [and] he also goes out of his way to show how liberalism in Japan always had a chance." —Ian Buruman, Los Angeles Times Book Review "The capstone of Jansen's work as America's foremost historian of Japan, this book will long be must reading for students. But the author's relaxed style, his eye for people and the clarity and patience of his explanations should appeal to any thoughtful reader." —Frank Gibney, Washington Post Book World "For answers to … questions about modern Japan, there can be few better guides than Marius Jansen's splendid new history." —Geoffrey Owen, Sunday Telegraph "A remarkable book. Without doubt it will create its own exclusive niche in the literature, and no reference collection on Japan can pretend to be complete without it." —C. L. Yates, Choice} SN - 0674009916 TI - The Making of Modern Japan PB - {Belknap Press} KW - modernegeschiedenisjapan AU - Jansen, Marius PY - 2002/10/15/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0674009916 ER -