Product Description

This text examines Japanese history in its entirety to identify the factors underlying the nation's progression to superpower. Japan's achievement is explained not merely in economic terms, but at a more fundamental level, as a product of historical patterns of response to circumstance. Japan is shown to be a nation historically impelled by a pragmatic determination to succeed. The book also highlights unresolved questions and little known facts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1579823 in Books
• Published on: 1999-01-13
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 264 pages

Ken Coates, Professor of History, University of New Brunswick
[This book] is destined to find a place as one of the most important books in Japanese studies

Derek Massarella, Chuo University, Japan
A first-rate introduction to the history

Laurie Barber, University of Waikato
This is an extraordinary book that will appeal to student, specialist and general reader alike