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194 pages • paperback • first pub 2003 • 4 editions
ISBN/UID: 9780812972863
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Modern Library
Edition Pub Date: 09 Nov 2004
About SGAI
SGAI (StoryGraph AI) is a complete in-house solution. This is not ChatGPT or Claude.
All processing is done on StoryGraph, so your reading data is kept private and never shared.
Regarding the environmental impact: The entire feature uses the power of a single gaming PC and runs on 100% renewable energy.
SGAI is opt-in and off by default. Press the button below to turn it off, and you can turn it back on from the Preferences page:
Description
In a single short book as elegant as it is wise, Ian Buruma makes sense of the most fateful span of Japan's history, the period that saw as dramatic a transformation as any country has ever known. In the course of little more than a hundred years ...
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194 pages • paperback • 2003
ISBN/UID: 9780812972863
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Modern Library
Edition Pub Date: 09 Nov 2004
About SGAI
SGAI (StoryGraph AI) is a complete in-house solution. This is not ChatGPT or Claude.
All processing is done on StoryGraph, so your reading data is kept private and never shared.
Regarding the environmental impact: The entire feature uses the power of a single gaming PC and runs on 100% renewable energy.
SGAI is opt-in and off by default. Press the button below to turn it off, and you can turn it back on from the Preferences page:
Description
In a single short book as elegant as it is wise, Ian Buruma makes sense of the most fateful span of Japan's history, the period that saw as dramatic a transformation as any country has ever known. In the course of little more than a hundred years ...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings