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208 pages • first pub 1995 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780340528570
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
By the mid-nineteenth century Japan had given up the technology of firearms and not a single steam engine existed in the country. By 1906 it had taken on and defeated Russia in war; by 1942 its empire spanned almost a fifth of the globe. Only thre...
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208 pages • first pub 1995 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780340528570
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
By the mid-nineteenth century Japan had given up the technology of firearms and not a single steam engine existed in the country. By 1906 it had taken on and defeated Russia in war; by 1942 its empire spanned almost a fifth of the globe. Only thre...