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Origins of the Modern Japanese State: Selected Writings

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Before his premature death in 1957, the Canadian scholar-diplomat E. Herbert Norman had established himself as the pre-eminent Western interpreter of early modern and modern Japan. This present edition includes the classic Japan’s Emergence as a Modern State. It also introduces materials by Norman never before made widely available in the West, including an essay on the role of the historian and chapters from an unpublished book, Feudal Background of Japanese Politics.
—from the back cover

Includes John W. Dower’s introductory essay, “E.H. Norman, Japan and the Uses of History”

The Pantheon Asia Library
New Approaches to the New Asia

Language: English

Pages: 497

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pantheon

Release: April 12, 1975

ISBN: 0394709276

ISBN 13: 9780394709277

Origins of the Modern Japanese State: Selected Writings

4/5 ( ratings)

Before his premature death in 1957, the Canadian scholar-diplomat E. Herbert Norman had established himself as the pre-eminent Western interpreter of early modern and modern Japan. This present edition includes the classic Japan’s Emergence as a Modern State. It also introduces materials by Norman never before made widely available in the West, including an essay on the role of the historian and chapters from an unpublished book, Feudal Background of Japanese Politics.
—from the back cover

Includes John W. Dower’s introductory essay, “E.H. Norman, Japan and the Uses of History”

The Pantheon Asia Library
New Approaches to the New Asia

Language: English

Pages: 497

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Pantheon

Release: April 12, 1975

ISBN: 0394709276

ISBN 13: 9780394709277

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