{"product_id":"1571323","title":"Japan: Tradition And Transformation by Albert M. Craig and Edwin Oldfather Reischauer","description":"This book combines authoritative scholarship with comprehensive coverage and a succinct, readable style and are aimed at undergraduate students and the general reader. Japan is a land of modest geographic size, but it is one of the larger countries of the world by population and today is the world's economic powerhouse. Though in culture it is a daughter of ancient China, Japan has developed one of the most distinctive cultures in the world. This makes Japan a subject of great interest, but the unique course of Japanese history has made it of even greater significance. Despite its East Asian cultural origins, Japan evolved along a very different course to its neighbours; subsequently it became the only non-Western land to respond successfully to the challenge of superior Western technology in the nineteenth century and today it has become a leading nation of the so-called First World. This 1979 Allen \u0026amp; Unwin Paperback is in \u003cb\u003e good condition\u003c\/b\u003e. Heavy. Cover rubbed, faded and a little dogeared. Pages beginning to yellow. Small water stain on bottom edge of first few pages. Spotting on page ends. Binding strong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780868612973 SKU: 1571323 \u003ci\u003eThis image is of the actual book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48580768661781,"sku":"1571323","price":11.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/2695\/4036\/files\/1571323_5958d0a5-d2aa-413a-b77e-05a7964a4cf5.jpg?v=1731215157","url":"https:\/\/bookhaven.live\/products\/1571323","provider":"Book Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}