Age of Hirohito: In Search of Modern Japan by Daikichi Irokawa - 1995-06-01

Free Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York, NY: Free Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; remainder line on bottom edge; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; a very good reading copy.

Free Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Hardcover and dust jacket. Price clipped. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Light foxing. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> "Offers a reassessment of Emperor Hirohito's incredible sixty-year reign, spanning the Depression, World War II, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the explosive recovery and growth of postwar Japan.

Free Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York: The Free Press, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket, light edgewear to the dust jacket. Small red chopmark stamp on titlepage from Helen Hopper, author of works on Japanese feminism and female leaders.

New York: The Free Press, 1995. First Edition. First English Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 163 pages. Footnotes, index, front DJ flap price clipped. Name of previous owner present. Foreword by Carol Gluck. In this landmark exploration, one of Japan's most widely-read historians looks back over the past 70 years of his country's history. Examining the momentous changes that occurred during Emperor Hirohito's long reign (1926-1989), Irokawa reveals how the changing role of the imperial system affects Japanese life today. With the death of Emperor Hirohito in 1989, the so-called Showa era in Japanese history came to an end. With access to documents and source material previously unavailable, the history of Showa--not just its triumphs, but its many failures as well--could be written.

USA: Free Press, 1995. Black paper covered boards, white cloth spine lettered in gold. Book is in very fine condition with virtually no signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age.. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine/VG+ DW.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Free Press, 1995. New book, some shelf wear to jacket. 163 pages. In this landmark assessment of modern Japan, the author looks back over the 70 years of momentous changes encompassed by Emperor Hirohito's long reign. Exploring those years from the atrocities of the Sino-Japanese war and WW2, to the stunning economic and political transformation in the postware period, Irokawa offers his frank and unpretentious views of the ordinary Japanese and the way in which those changes shaped the emperor system.. Hard Cover. As New/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York : Free Press, C1995, 1995. Second Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 163 pages; Description: xv, 163 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1901-1989) . Japan --History --Showa period 1926-1989.