State and Intellectual in Imperial Japan : The Public Man in Crisis

Hard Cover, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. University of California Press, 1988. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in Good dust jacket.

Square with tight binding and hinges, bright pages. A few sparse underlined passages and marginal notes early in book. DJ has tear at top front with some accompanying creasing. Tear is about 2.5" (6 cm) deep). Study of the changing roles of Japanese intellectuals in relation to politics and the imperial state in the 20th century, with focus on two individuals: Nanbara Shigeru (1889-1974), professor of Western political thought at Tokyo Imperial University; and Hasegawa Nyozekan (1875-1969), an independent journalist. 9.25" (23.5 cm) tall; 315 pages.

ISBN: 0520060172           Item #4960029

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