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THE MAKING OF MODERN JAPAN
by Jansen, Marius B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0674003349
- ISBN 13
- 9780674003347
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Photos; repros of period images. Thick quarto (9 1/2" x 6 5/8" x 2 1/4"), black quarter cloth with llarge maroon label with gold lettering over red cloth, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with Hiroshige colored print, illustrated with 40 glossy pages of period reproductions & 9 maps; xvi, [xvii-xx] + 871 pages. Weight: 3 lbs. 2 oz. Marius Berthus Jansen (1922 - 2000) was an American academic, historian, and Emeritus Professor of Japanese History at Princeton University.<br/><br/>Virtualy AS NEW COPY: tight, bright, clean copy. No indications of previous ownership or remainder marks. Plates are very clean and bright. Minutel wear to dust jacket.
Synopsis
A sweeping history of modern Japan begins in 1600 and retraces the three major upheavals in Japanese history that have helped shape it into a modern Asian nation.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6972
- Title
- THE MAKING OF MODERN JAPAN
- Author
- Jansen, Marius B
- Illustrator
- Photos; repros of period images
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674003349
- ISBN 13
- 9780674003347
- Publisher
- The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- japan, history, tokugawa, meiji, illustrated, samurai, ships, navy, war, China, Nanking, British
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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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