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Hua Ling Hu ,
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The Japanese army's brutal four-month occupation of the city of Nanking during the 1937 Sino-Japanese War is known, for good reason, as "the rape of Nanking." As they slaughtered an estimated three hundred thousand people, the invading soldiers raped more The Japanese army's brutal occupation of the city of Nanking... more
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It was fifty years before Jack Elkins could talk about his experiences as a prisoner of war; and he wasn't alone. In Captured Honor, author Bob Wodnik has masterfully compiled the stories of several World War II prisoners-of-war into a non-fiction histori... more
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Florence Sakade ,
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First released in 1953, this revised and reset edition commemorates the 50th anniversary of "Japanese Children's Favorite Stories" with a brand new preface and dozens of illustrations published in color for the first time. Readers young and old will disco... more
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Jonathan Chamberlain ,
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Scandal and corruption, drugs and pirates, triads and flower boats; the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and the Communist takeover of Canton. Peter Hui--the man who once owned all the opium in Hong Kong--was there for all of it. (Asian History)... more
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Richard M Jaffe
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"First-rate. Jaffe's research is utterly original; virtually none of the issues covered have been seriously investigated in any other Western-language study, and there are precious few Japanese secondary studies in the area. The book is well organized, we... more
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Elise K Tipton ,
John Clark
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This volume is a multi-faceted study of the development of modernism in Japan, with authors from Japan, the United States, and Australia spanning the fields of art history, social history, and literature.... more
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Mary Elizabeth Berry ,
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"Berry examines the very complex and frequently unintelligible relationships between politics and culture in sixteenth century Kyoto. It is surprising that anybody could seriously undertake this immense task. . . . A genuinely impressive accomplishment."-... more
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In Manchuria, before and during World War II, the Japanese army conducted numerous horrifying scientific experiments upon live human beings, including those relating to bacteriological and chemical warfare. After the war, the Japanese scientists who had b... more
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Helen Craig Mc Cullough ,
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The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike are the two major works of classical Japanese prose. "The Tale of Genji and "The Tale of the Heike are the two major works of classical Japanese prose. The complete versions of both works are too lo... more
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W G Beasley ,
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Studying the development, expansion, and eventual collapse of Japanese imperialism from the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-1895 through 1945, Beasley here discusses the dynamic relationship between a successful industrial economy and the building of an empire.... more
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William Wayne Farris
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From tax and household registers, law codes, and other primary sources, as well as recent Japanese sources, William Wayne Farris has developed the first systematic, scientific analysis of early Japanese population, including the role of disease in economi... more
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The drama of Japanese history has strong connections to the nation's religious life. Tracing Japan's religions from the Hein Period through the middle ages and into modernity, "Religion in Japanese History" explores the unique establishment of Shinto, Bud The drama of Japanese history has strong connections to the nation's religious... more
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Hans Brinckmann ,
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Japan's Showa era began in 1926 when Emperor Hirohito took the throne and ended on his death in 1989. The formative age of modern Japan, it was undoubtedly the most momentous, calamitous, successful and glamorous period in Japan's recent history. Today, S... more
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The hopeless yet determined resistance of American and Filipino forces against the Japanese invasion has made Bataan and Corregidor symbols of pride, but Bataan has a notorious darker side. After the U.S.-Filipino remnants surrendered to a far stronger fo... more
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A wild joy ride deep into the hinterlands of Japanese culture, society and radical politics by way of the weird, wonderful world of the Pink Film and Roman Porno genres. Focusing on the art and industry of one of the most notorious sectors of Japanese fil... more
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A B Feuer ,
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From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers--for the most part, Australian civilians--monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity. They played a pivotal role during the battle for Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, when... more
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Yoshimi Yoshiaki ,
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Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during World War II by the researcher principally responsible for exposing the Japanese government's responsibility Japan's leading expert on the subject provides the definitive account of the system... more
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Dorothy Hoobler ,
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A priceless ruby has been stolen and an innocent family framed for the crime. Can Seikei prove himself a worthy samurai by uncovering the real thief?- Nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Young-Adult Mystery- Named to five State Award List Samurai fear nothing, not even death. They... more
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"God's Samurai" is the unusual story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career aviator who led the attack on Pearl Harbor and participated in most of the fiercest battles of the Pacific war. A valuable record of major events, it is also the personal story of a man sw... more
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Michael Smitka
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Makes Japanese sources accessible in English Although much of the work on Japanese economic history is inaccessible to Westerners, many of Japan's leading economic historians have published widely in English. Combined with the work of Western economist... more
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Stefan Tanaka ,
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Stefan Tanaka examines how late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japanese historians created the equivalent of an "Orient" for their new nation state. He argues that the Japanese attempted to use a variety of pasts--Chinese, Indian, and proto-histor... more
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Haruko Taya Cook ,
Theodore F Cook
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In a vivid, sweeping panorama, this captivating oral history relates the remarkable story of Japanese people living during World War II, offering the first glimpses of how this century's most violent conflict affected the lives of the ordinary Japanese po... more
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William George Aston ,
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"Nihongi" is an account of the story of Japan, focusing on the influence of Buddhism and the advanced culture of China, which entered Japan via Korea.... more
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Daniel Barenblatt
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From 1932 to 1945, in a headlong quest to develop germ warfare capability for the military of Imperial Japan, hundreds of Japanese doctors, nurses and research scientists willingly participated in what was referred to at the time as 'the secret of secrets... more
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Nine out of ten Japanese claim some affiliation with Shinto, but in the West the religion remains the least studied of the major Asian spiritual traditions. It is so interlaced with Japanese cultural values and practices that scholarly studies usually foc Nine out of ten Japanese claim some affiliation with... more
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Dai Sil Kim Gibson
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Silence Broken is essentially an oral history of Korean women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II. Their stories, told to the author in Korea, China and Japan, are the core of the book. Additional chapters provide readers with... more