Inventing Japan

Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 / by Ian Buruma; Performed by Nelson Runger.— Prince Frederick : Recorded Books, p2003.

6 sound discs (7 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN: 140254202X

(Modern Library chronicles (Recorded Books, Inc.))

Edition: Unabridged.

Subtitle from container.

1. Japan – History – 1868- . 2. Japan – History – Restoration, 1853-1870

952.03

A clear concise history of modern Japan from the opening forced by Commodore Perry to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics written by a Dutch resident of the county. As a bonus Buruma reflects on events through the end of the twentieth century.