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Author Irokawa, Daikichi, 1925-

Title The age of Hirohito : in search of modern Japan / Daikichi Irokawa ; translated by Mikiso Hane and John K. Urda ; foreword by Carol Gluck
Published New York : Free Press, [1995]
©1995

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 MELB  952.033 Iro/Aoh  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 163 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Foreword / Carol Gluck -- Introduction: The Limits of Contemporary History -- Ch. 1. War and Peace -- Ch. 2. The Lifestyle Revolution -- Ch. 3. The Emperor and the People -- Ch. 4. The Symbolic Emperor -- Ch. 5. Facing the Twenty-First Century -- Appendix: Excerpt from the Constitution of Japan
Analysis Economic conditions
Emperor Hirohito
History
Japan
Monarchy
Overseas item
Social conditions
World War 2
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989.
SUBJECT Japan -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069426 -- ShÅwa period, 1926-1989
Japan -- History -- Shōwa period, 1926-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069504
Author Hane, Mikiso.
Urda, John K
LC no. 94047594
ISBN 0029156653
Other Titles Shōwa shi to Tennō. English