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Inventing Japan
1853-1964
Author: Ian Buruma
Narrator: Nelson Runger
Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Published: 02/27/2008
Category: History - Asia - Japan
Synopsis
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.