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Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
Country/Region of Manufacture
Japan
ISBN
9780679741893

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679741895
ISBN-13
9780679741893
eBay Product ID (ePID)
955115

Product Key Features

Book Title
In The Realm of a Dying Emperor : Japan at Century's End
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1993
Topic
Royalty, Military / World War II, Asia / Japan, Political, Customs & Traditions, World / Asian
Genre
Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Norma Field
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
91-051190
Reviews
"Well-researched, well-observed and completely absorbing...an important and necessary book." -- The New York Times Book Review "Remarkable...a vivid, taut, graceful piece of writing...with enormous power."-- James Fallows, The Atlantic "Marvelous...Field uncovers a Japan rarely seen or acknowledged by Westerners, a Japan of individual expression, active dissent -- even open rebellion."-- Village Voice Literary Supplement "Superb...one of the most important books...on Japanese who refuse to conform." -- Ian Buruma, The New York Review of Books
Synopsis
When the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers had to use a special, exalted word to refer to his death, and had to depict his life uncritically, as one beginning in turbulence but ending in magnificent accomplishment. To do otherwise would have exposed them to terrorism from the vigilant right wing. Yet this insightful book by a Japanese-American scholar who grew up in both cultures reveals the hidden fault lines in the realm of the dying emperor by telling the stories of three unlikely dissenters- a supermarket owner who burned the national flag; an aging widow who challenged the state's "deification" of fallen soldiers; and the mayor of Nagasaki, who risked his career and his life by suggesting that Hirohito bore some responsibility for World War II.

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