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A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower
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A clear textbook-style history covering emperors, shoguns, and Japan's modern transformation.
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A Modern History of Japan
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Gordon's widely used survey from the Tokugawa shogunate through Japan's rise as a world power.
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