Japan: A Modern History 1st Edition by James L. McClain (PDF)

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Japan: A Modern History provides a comprehensive narrative that integrates the political, social, cultural, and economic history of modern Japan from the investiture of Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 to the present.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: Review A remarkable achievement. — Publishers Weekly About the Author James L. McClain is professor of history at Brown University and the award-winning author of Kamazawa: A Seventeenth Century Castle Town. He and his family live in Providence, Rhode Island.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Liked book because wanted to learn about Japan

⭐McClain definitely has full command of his subject, although his writing style is somewhat informal. This book works as a textbook for undergrad college courses and also as an introduction for non-academic readers. The extensive bibliography of books for further reading at the end provides an excellent starting point for graduate studies. My only complaint is that the publisher (Norton) should have provided a better proofreader.

⭐McClain has fashioned a highly detailed, sophisticated, and complex history of Japan from 1603 to the present. The historiography is superb (he obviously is totally bilingual and is fluent in Japanese sources). The history is both descriptive (chronological, social, political, economic, family/personal) as well as analytic (how social structure affected the rise of industrial society, for example). The overall effect is to make Japanese history clear and comprehensible. The people of Japan stand out in distinct relief.I was puzzled that the Boston Globe reviewer was much cooler toward this book than I think most readers are or will be. McClain’s history will stand the test of time.

⭐purchased for a class

⭐The book cover is a little bent, but inside is good

⭐Arrived in good condition

⭐Excellent, balanced, complete and comprehensive History of Japan. I bought it as a general introduction, but feel I got much more.

⭐great value

⭐Contents of the book are intact, did have to hot glue some of the pages at the back in order to keep them from falling apart but aside from that it provides good value for its price.

⭐Awesome quality of the book, totally worth it.

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