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  • Against the Storm

    How Japanese printworkers resisted the military regime, 1935-1945

    de Masao Sugiura ...
    Traducido por Mana Sato ...
    ‘In doing what is normal for any trade union activist today – recruiting, arguing and organising – my comrades and I were made to suffer persecution, imprisonment and death’This inspiring memoir tells how young Japanese print and publishing workers maintained links and sustained organisation between workers during the height of Japanese military aggression before and during World War II. It ... Leer más

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  • A Short History of Japan

    From samurai to Sony

    New in the Short History of Asia series, edited by Milton Osborne, this is a comprehensive, readable history of the land of the Rising Sun, from its ancient origins to its fascinating present.Japan is a country of contradictions and extremes. It is a country of age-old practices and cutting edge technology, strong martial traditions and refined artistic accomplishments. Few countries have been the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Modern Japan

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and computer games all the way through to cars, semiconductors, and management techniques. In many ways, Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it ... Leer más

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  • Japan In World History

    Japan in World History ranges from Japan's prehistoric interactions with Korea and China, to the Western challenge of the late 1500s, the partial isolation under the Tokugawa family (1600-1868), and the tumultuous interactions of more recent times, when Japan modernized ferociously, turned imperialist, lost a world war, then became the world's second largest economy--and its greatest foreign aid ... Leer más

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  • Bending Adversity

    Japan and the Art of Survival

    de David Pilling ...
    “[A]n excellent book...” —The EconomistFinancial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section of Japanese citizenry, including novelist Haruki Murakami, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, industrialists and bankers, activists and artists, teenagers and octogenarians. Through their voices, ... Leer más

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  • The Japanese

    A History in Twenty Lives

    A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Mightily impressive ... a marvellous read' Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals.The vivid and entertaining portraits in Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to the life of ... Leer más

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  • Japan and the Shackles of the Past

    Japan is one of the world's wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, and its rapid ascent to global power status after 1853 remains one of the most remarkable stories in modern world history. Yet it has not been an easy path; military catastrophe, political atrophy, and economic upheavals have made regular appearances from the feudal era to the present. Today, Japan is seen as a has ... Leer más

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  • History of Modern Japan

    In Search of a Nation: 1850 to the Present

    "Lucid and lyrical…a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." —The Daily TelegraphIn A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history—from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to Japanese feminists who fought for an equal political voice in the 1890s.Though highly successful, and ... Leer más

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  • India's Power Elite

    Class, Caste and Cultural Revolution

    de Sanjaya Baru ...
    India's Power Elite is a study of the nature of power and elitism in postcolonial India. Its point of departure is the political transition under way in twenty-first-century India, with the marginalization of the Congress Party and the staging of a cultural revolution symbolized by the rise of Hindu majoritarianism. Baru deconstructs the morphology of the Indian power elite-comprising remnants of ... Leer más

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  • The Mind of Jawaharlal Nehru

    This is the text of the Heras Memorial Lectures delivered in Mumbai in December 1977. They contain: 1. Formative Ideology2. Democracy and Socialism3. Internationalism ... Leer más

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  • A History of Japan

    From Stone Age to Superpower

    de K. Henshall ...
    In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japan's progress through its entire history to its current status as an economic, technological, and cultural superpower. A key factor is a pragmatic determination to succeed. Little-known facts are also brought to light, and the latest findings used. ... Leer más

    $134.99 USD

  • Hisila

    From Revolutionary to First Lady

    de Hisila Yami ...
    In this fascinating book, Hisila Yami traces her journey from being a young Nepali student of architecture in Delhi in the early eighties to becoming a Maoist revolutionary engaging in guerrilla warfare in Nepal. Yami was one of the two women leaders who were a part of the politburo of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), which led the People's War in the country that changed the course of its ... Leer más

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