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Emperor Hirohito reigned for more than sixty years, yet we know little about him or the part he really played in the turbulent history of Showa Japan.Stephen Large draws on a wide range of Japanese and Western sources in his study of Emperor Hirohito's political role in Showa Japan (1926-89). This analysis focuses on key events in his career such as the extent to which he bore responsibility for Japanese aggression in the Pacific in 1941, and explains why Hirohito remains such a contested symbol in Japanese post war politics.

Political science --- Hirohito, --- Shōwa, --- Yuren, --- 裕仁, --- 昭和天皇, --- 昭和, --- Japan --- Politics and government --- Shōwa --- Yuren --- Hirohito --- 裕仁 --- 昭和天皇 --- 昭和 --- 迪宮裕仁

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"This reexamination of the controversial role Emperor Hirohito played during the Pacific War gives particular attention to the question: If the emperor could not stop Japan from going to war with the Allied Powers in 1941, why was he able to play a crucial role in ending the war in 1945?"

World War, 1939-1945 --- Hirohito, --- Shōwa Tennō, --- Shōwa, --- Yuren, --- 裕仁, --- 昭和天皇, --- 昭和, --- World War (1939-1945) --- J3384 --- J2284.80 --- Japan: History -- Gendai, modern -- Shōwa period -- World War II (1931-1945) --- Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- Gendai, modern (1926- ), Shōwa, 20th century --- Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, --- World War --- Shōwa --- Yuren --- Hirohito --- 裕仁 --- 昭和天皇 --- 昭和 --- 迪宮裕仁

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Manners and customs --- Nationalism --- Political science --- Nationalisme --- Hirohito, --- Since 1945 --- Japan --- Japon --- Politics and government --- Social life and customs --- Politique et gouvernement --- Moeurs et coutumes --- J4610 --- J4600.90 --- J4000.90 --- Japan: Politics and law -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- Japan: Politics and law -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Shōwa Tennō, --- Shōwa, --- Yuren, --- 裕仁, --- 昭和天皇, --- 昭和, --- Shōwa --- Yuren --- Hirohito --- 裕仁 --- 昭和天皇 --- 昭和 --- 迪宮裕仁

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J4600.90 --- J3390 --- J4624 --- Emperors --- -Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Heads of state --- Kings and rulers --- Monarchy --- Japan: Politics and law -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: History -- Gendai, modern -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Politics and law -- state -- emperor --- Biography --- Hirohito Emperor of Japan --- Japan --- Politics and government --- -Emperors --- Biography. --- -Japan: Politics and law -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- -J4600.90 --- Hirohito, --- Shōwa Tennō, --- Shōwa, --- Yuren, --- 裕仁, --- 昭和天皇, --- 昭和, --- Shōwa --- Yuren --- Hirohito --- 裕仁 --- 昭和天皇 --- 昭和 --- 迪宮裕仁

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Considered a miracle at the time, Japan's emergence from devastation to become the world's second-largest economy less than two dozen years after the disaster of wartime defeat has been widely commented upon and analyzed. Yet all too many scholars posit Japan as an exceptional case that defies repeating.In this eminently readable survey, one of Japan's foremost macroeconomists looks back at the rapid-growth years and how they revolutionized Japanese life, for better and for worse, and explains how latent demand, population mobility, productivity improvements, and other non-unique factors converged to generate the growth. At the same time, he frankly acknowledges the less-remarked downside of this transformation. Household appliances proliferated, but so did pollution. Urban development was spectacular, but so was the loss of community and history. Massive urbanization provided workers for the industrial ramp-up but also drained farming communities and their traditions. It was a decidedly mixed bag, and Yoshikawa goes beyond the economics to lay it all out in easily understandable prose augmented by over two score of tables, figures, and photos. This is a personal story about more than Japan-a tale that resonates for all economies at all stages of development.

Industries --- History --- Japan --- Economic conditions --- J4000.90 --- J4300.90 --- Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- Japan: Economy and industry -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary --- E-books