Melbourne. Trans Pacific Press. 2002. 234pp, notes, index, paperback. "This collection of essays links questions of social theory and comparative history to analyses of the Japanese experience. A survey of the East Asian region, its historical transformations and Japan's changing position within it provides a background to further discussion. The..... More
Japan: Tuttle Shokai Inc, 2008. Hardback , 229 x 152mm. 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..... More
Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2019. 134 black and white and 23 colour illustrations This is a freaking great book and I highly recommend it... if you are passionate about the history of 'the world's greatest city,' this book is something you must have in your collection. JapanThis.com. Edward Seidensticker's A History..... More
London. Picador. 2019. 336pp, notes, bibliography, paperback. In The Bells of Old Tokyo, Anna Sherman explores Japan and revels in all its wonderful particularity. As a foreigner living in Tokyo, Sherman's account takes pleasure and fascination in the history and culture of a country that can seem startlingly strange to..... More
