A history of Japan, 1582-1941 : internal and external worlds /

CULLEN L M

A history of Japan, 1582-1941 : internal and external worlds / L M Cullen. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003 - xvii, 357 p.

Chronological history that covers major themes such as economics, isolation, social development, foreign policy and trade. Considers what effect Japan's self imposed isolation had on political and economic life and how after changing that policy Japan became a world economic power but not a political one.

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JAPAN--HISTORY