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The death of Emperor Hirohito in 1989 ended Japan's Showa era (1926–1989) and provided the occasion for the Japanese to confront their past and the roots of their present success. This "stimulating and comprehensive" ( Kirkus Reviews ) collection of original essays on twentieth-century... read more
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The death of Emperor Hirohito was an occasion for remembrance, not of a day or a decade, but of more than half a century of unprecedented turbulence and change.
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 952.033
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