The Japanese
by Reischauer, Edwin O
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0674471768
- ISBN 13
- 9780674471764
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge MA: Belknap Press. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1977. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0674471768 . Slight wear; Dust Jacket 1/4" tears with creasing, rubbing, bio on rear flap edited, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; INSCRIBED on front free endpaper by Ambassador Reischauer. "The time is ripe for a reappraisal of Japan from the perspective of the late 1970s. ... a fresh attempt to depict what the Japanese are like today and how Japan fits into the contemporary world. ... I have concentrated on the social organization and values of the Japanese, on their political system, and on their relationship with the outside world." - Preface. Signed First Edition, First Printing of Harvard Professor, and former US Ambassador to Japan, Edwin O Reischauer's insightful portrait draws on his wealth of scholarship and life-long experience with Japan. ; 416 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15646
- Title
- The Japanese
- Author
- Reischauer, Edwin O
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0674471768
- ISBN 13
- 9780674471764
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge MA
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- 0674471768, Japanese History - 20th Century, Japanese Culture - 20th Century, United States - Diplomatic Relations - Japan, Harvard University, Inscribed, Signed
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