Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 -- Ian Buruma

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/92565 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 Author: Ian Buruma Narrator: Nelson Runger Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 39 minutes Release date: February 27, 2008 Genres: Asia Publisher's Summary: LA Times Book Award winner and expert on the past and present Japan, Ian Buruma examines the transformation of a country. Following Japan's history from its opening to the West in 1853 to its hosting of the 1964 Olympics, Buruma focuses on how figures such as Commodore Matthew Perry, Douglas MacArthur, and Emperor Mitsushito helped shape this complex country.