| A Boy of Old Japan Contributor(s): Bergen, R. Van (Author) |
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ISBN: 1986817210 ISBN-13: 9781986817219 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $5.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2018 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 7" W x 10" (0.34 lbs) 80 pages |
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| Publisher Description: I am under deep obligations to the publishers, for giving me an opportunity to tell the story of the rejuvenation of Japan. I was a witness, although at that time I did not comprehend the movement, but I, and those few who are still living, do now. From a federation of mutually autonomous oligarchies, Japan was metamorphosed into an Empire which holds Russia at bay. From a nation occupying 150,000 square miles, it has expanded by the addition of Formosa, and its population has grown from thirty millions to forty-five millions. An oriental people adopted occidental progress, and within three decades or little more than one generation, digested and assimilated our progress. |