- Keizers, Emperadores, Politische Reform, Histoire
Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and epic.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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About the book
- Author
- Herbert P. Bix
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 800
- Publisher
- Gardners Books, HarperCollinsPublishers, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780061860478
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“Emperor Meiji's first grandson was born on April 29,1901, within the Aovama Palace in Tokyo.”
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