Collected Writings of Ian Nish
Subtitle: Japanese Political History - Japan and East Asia (Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan, 7)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: January 7, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781903350096
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Asian studies; Cultural studies; International relations; Literature: Classics; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; China; Japan; Korea; Russia; General; Literary Collections / General
First sentence: MY FIRST ENCOUNTER with Japanese was in 1942 when my school in Edinburgh announced the government scheme calling for volunteers to learn difficult oriental languages.