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Inventing Japan [Modern Library Chronicles]

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Summary

LA Times Book Award winner and expert on the past and present Japan, Ian Buruma examines the transformation of a country. Following Japan's history from its opening to the West in 1853 to its hosting of the 1964 Olympics, Buruma focuses on how figures such as Commodore Matthew Perry, Douglas MacArthur, and Emperor Mitsushito helped shape this complex country.

©2002 Ian Buruma (P)2002 Recorded Books

Narrator: Nelson Runger
Author: Ian Buruma
Category: History, Military
Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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