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1. Showa Japan

   Political, Economic and Social History 1926-1989

   Edited by Stephen S. Large

   Series: Routledge Library of Modern Japan

   A representative cross-section of works by international scholars in Japanese history have been chosen here for their interpretative thrust and narrative clarity. The articles in this set present a rich variety of perspectives on this vital and controversial period in twentieth-century Japanese...

   Published August 26th 1998 by Routledge
2. Emperor Hirohito and Showa Japan

   A Political Biography

   By Stephen Large

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   Emperor Hirohito reigned for more than sixty years, yet we know little about him or the part he really played in the turbulent history of Showa Japan.Stephen Large draws on a wide range of Japanese and Western sources in his study of Emperor Hirohito's political role in Showa Japan (1926-89). This...

   Published September 30th 1992 by Routledge