Turning Points in Japanese History
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: December 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781903350058
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Social history; History: World; History; History - General History; Japan; History / Japan; Asia - Japan
First sentence: 'In the modern history of Japan two major events are indisputably noted as turning points: the Meiji Restoration and the Second World War', writes Harry Wray in his introduction to one section of a book aimed at a discussion of Japanese historiography.