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A Brief History of Japan

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

A Brief History of Japan

By Jonathan Clements

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About the book

This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. Stretching for nearly 2000 miles and encompassing almost 7000 islands, Japan has the fourth largest GDP and the tenth largest population in the world. Japan is a country of paradoxes, a modern nation steeped in ancient traditions; a democracy with an em...Show more

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9784805313893

Publisher

Tuttle Publishing

Published year

2017

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A Brief History of Japan

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Paperback

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