Download or read book Modern Japan written by James L. Huffman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James L. Huffman combines primary sources, including newspapers, diaries, cartoons, literature, wood block prints, maps, memoirs, photographs, and political essays, to present a narrative of Japan's history from 1600 through the twentieth century, focusing on cultural and economic, as well as political and intellectual, developments.