| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 249 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
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Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The making of the Shōwa Emperor -- Japanese aggression and the limits of imperial influence, 1926-1933 -- The challenge of Shōwa Restoration radicalism, 1931-1937 -- The Emperor and war, 1937-1940 -- World war and the imperial will, 1941-1945 -- The Emperor and the Occupation, 1945-1952 -- The politics of imperial symbolism, 1952-1970 -- The Emperor and the imperial institution in late Shōwa Japan, 1970-1989 -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989.
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Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989. |
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Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989. |
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Japan -- Politics and government -- 1926-1989.
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Japan. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1926-1989 |
| Indexed Term |
Monarchs |
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Japan |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Large, Stephen S. Emperor Hirohito and Shōwa Japan. London ; New York : Routledge, 1992 0415032032 (DLC) 91047983 (OCoLC)25130613 |
| ISBN |
0585447349 (electronic book) |
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9780585447346 (electronic book) |
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0203404823 (electronic book) |
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9780203404829 (electronic book) |
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9780415032032 |
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0415032032 |
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9786610323784 |
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661032378X |
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0415032032 (Cloth) |
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