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Book Condition: Used Very Good
ISBN: 0393320278 / 9780393320275
Seller: Dons Book Store

United States
About Item: New York: W. W. Norton & Company - The New Press, 2000. First Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. 676 Pages Indexed. Some cover edge and corner wear - otherwise tight book with no marks or stamps. Japan's emergence as a modern nation was stunning to behold: swifter, more audacious, more successful, and ultimately more crazed, murderous, and self-destructive than anyone had imagined possible. In retrospect, it seemed almost an illusion -- a ninety-three-year dream become nightmare that began and ended with American warships. In 1853, a modest fleet of four vessels, two of them coal-burning black ships, had arrived to force the country open. In 1945, a huge, glistening armada came back to close it.When all this began with the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry, Japan was a small country with few obvious resources. For over two centuries, intercourse with foreigners had been largely prohibited by its feudal shoguns Although the economy had become commercialized in those long years of… Read More
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