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Hirohito and the making of modern Japan

Title
Hirohito and the making of modern Japan / Herbert P. Bix.
Author
Bix, Herbert P.
Publication
New York : Harper Perennial, 2016.
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Description
xliii, 819 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits; 21 cm
Summary
A biography of the Japanese emperor reveals a powerful man who successfully cultivated an image of a reluctant king while manipulating important events behind the scenes for five decades.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Biography.
Note
  • "Updated with a new introduction"--Cover.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I -- the prince's education, 1901-1921 -- The boy, the family, and the Meiji legacies -- Cultivating an emperor -- Confronting the real world -- Part II -- the politics of good intentions, 1922-1930 -- The regency and the crisis of Taisho democracy -- The new monarchy and the new nationalism -- A political monarch emerges -- Part III -- his majesty's wars, 1931-1945 -- The Manchurian transformation -- Restoration and repression -- Holy war -- Stalemate and escalation -- Prologue to Pearl Harbor -- The ordeal of supreme command -- Delayed surrender -- Part IV -- the unexamined life, 1945-1989 -- A monarchy reinvented -- The Tokyo trial -- Salvaging the imperial mystique -- The quiet years and the legacies of Showa.
Call Number
JFD 17-111
ISBN
  • 9780062560513 (paperback)
  • 0062560514 (paperback)
LCCN
99089427
OCLC
958880914
Author
Bix, Herbert P., author.
Title
Hirohito and the making of modern Japan / Herbert P. Bix.
Publisher
New York : Harper Perennial, 2016.
Edition
First Perennial edition reissued with a new introduction.
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Alternate Script for Subject
昭和天皇, (1901-1989)
Chronological Term
1926-1989
Research Call Number
JFD 17-111
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