Stephen Large

Emperor Hirohito and Showa Japan (eBook, PDF)

A Political Biography

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

'At last a sound, readable, well-researched and balanced book about the late Emperor has been produced ... It should be a standard work for all students of the Showa period' - Sir Hugh Cortazzi

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134968770
• Artikelnr.: 43072358

Autorenporträt

Stephen S. Large is Reader in Modern Japanese History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He has published widely in his subject.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 The making of the Sh?wa Emperor
Chapter 2 Japanese aggression and the limits of imperial influence, 1926-1933
Chapter 3 The challenge of Sh?wa Restoration radicalism, 1931-1937
Chapter 4 The Emperor and war, 1937-1940
Chapter 5 World war and the imperial will, 1941-1945
Chapter 6 The Emperor and the Occupation, 1945-1952
Chapter 7 The politics of imperial symbolism, 1952-1970
Chapter 8 The Emperor and the imperial institution in late Sh?wa Japan, 1970-1989
Conclusion