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Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879 (Paperback)
by Noel Perrin (Author)
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Professor Noel Perrin has written an elegant monograph, magnificently illustrated with a wealth of Japanese prints. --New York Times Book Review

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Through his description of one historical event in Japan s national experience, Noel Perrin has written a book as tight and elegant as haiku. The story is a fascinating one: Japan s introduction to, mastery of, and subsequent abandonment of, the gun.... Perrin s work is so crisp and interesting, and so loaded with background information and revealing anecdotes, that the whole peculiar episode it describes jumps to life from its pages. --The New Republic

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 136 pages
  • Publisher: David R Godine (January 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0879237732
  • ISBN-13: 978-0879237738
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars 11 customer reviews (11 customer reviews)
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