1907 The Japanese Nation in Evolution: Steps in the Progress of a Great People

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

In the publisher's original red cloth binding. 

First edition.

This work is an early study tracing Japan’s transformation from a feudal society to a modern world power.

Illustrated with twenty-two monochrome plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. 

Griffis, an American educator, historian, and one of the first Western interpreters of Japanese culture, explores Japan’s political, social, and spiritual development, emphasising the Meiji Restoration as a turning point in national identity and modernization.