Samurai revolution : the dawn of modern Japan seen through the eyes of the shogun's last samurai /

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Author / Creator:Hillsborough, Romulus, author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:North Clarendon, VT : Tuttle Publishing, [2014]
Description:608 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9965193
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ISBN:9784805312353
4805312351
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Samurai Revolution tells the fascinating story of Japan's transformation from a backward country of feudal lords and samurai under the control of the shogun into a modern industrialized nation under the unifying rule of the Emperor. Japan's modern revolution spanned the third-quarter of the nineteenth century; knowledge of this history is essential to understand how and why Japan evolved into the nation it is today.

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