num_pages: 170
description: The story of modern Japan, from first 'opening' to the West with Admiral Perry's Black Ships in 1853, through World War II, to Japan's emergence as a Western-style democracy and economic power at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
language: English
title: Inventing Japan: From Empire to Economic Miracle, 1853-1964
titlecomplete: Inventing Japan: From Empire to Economic Miracle, 1853-1964
genres: Japanese History, Cultural, Asia, Politics, Japan, Nonfiction, Audiobook, Japanese Literature, World History, History
ratings_count: 913
publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson