Herbert P. Bix

Broschiertes Buch

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Beschreibung

With access to hundreds of previously untapped documents, including the unpublished letters and diaries of members of Hirohito's royal court, historian Bix has traced the Japanese emperor's reign from 1926 to 1989, revealing surprising information about his role in World War II. of photos.

Autor

Herbert P. Bix grew up in Winthrop, Massachusetts, and earned his Ph.D. in history and Far Eastern languages from Harvard University. For the past thirty years he has written extensively on modern and contemporary Japanese history in leading journals in the United States and Japan. He has taught Japanese history at a number of American and Japanese universities, most recently at Harvard, and is currently a professor in the Graduate School of Social Sciences at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
• Seitenzahl: 880
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 134mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780062560513
• ISBN-10: 0062560514
• Artikelnr.: 44514028