Provincial Life and the Military in Imperial Japan: The Phantom Samurai

by Stewart Lone

Book Overview

In contrast to the enduring stereotype of a 'nation of samurai', this book uses provincial newspapers and local records to hear the voices of ordinary people living in imperial Japan through several decades of war and peace. These voices reveal the authentic experiences, opinions and emotions of men, women and children. They show that the impression of a uniquely disciplined, regimented, militaristic society, which took root in the Western imagination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415673062
• ISBN13: 9780415673068
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"