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Author Large, Stephen S.

Title Emperor Hirohito and Shōwa Japan : a political biography / Stephen S. Large
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages)
Series The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
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
Analysis Monarchs
Japan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989.
SUBJECT Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989 fast
Hirohito (empereur Shōwa ; 1901-1989) -- Biographies. ram
Subject HISTORY.
Politics and government
Biografias de politicos.
Politica (asia)
SUBJECT Japan -- Politics and government -- 1926-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069555
Subject Japan
Japon -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1926-1989.
Japon -- 1926-1989 (Ère Shōwa)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585447349
9780585447346
0203404823
9780203404829
9780415032032
0415032032
9786610323784
661032378X