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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9780804853040
- Book Title
- Tokyo: a Biography : Disasters, Destruction and Renewal: the Story of an Indomitable City
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Travel, Social Science, History
- Topic
- Ancient / General, Asia / Japan, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Urban
- Item Weight
- 10 oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
ISBN-10
0804853045
ISBN-13
9780804853040
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25038696444
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tokyo: a Biography : Disasters, Destruction and Renewal: the Story of an Indomitable City
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / General, Asia / Japan, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2020
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10 oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
" Tokyo: A Biography is a curious way to look at a city, traveling from its shogunate infancy through the growing pains of a fiery adolescence and onto its later years as it strives to find itself and build an identity..." -- Seattle Book Review, Few of the new guidebooks to the city...will dive as deep into its history as Tokyo: A Biography . This 230-page portrait chronicles Tokyo's Godzilla-like rise from the alluvial mud to become the world's largest metropolitan area in the 21st century... -- Tokyo American Club's INTOUCH Magazine, "Few of the new guidebooks to the city...will dive as deep into its history as Tokyo: A Biography . This 230-page portrait chronicles Tokyo's Godzilla-like rise from the alluvial mud to become the world's largest metropolitan area in the 21st century..." -- Tokyo American Club's INTOUCH Magazine, "One of the pleasures of the book is Mansfield's prose, which draws on his considerable poetic skill to deliver memorable formulations...The range of approaches to writing the city is as varied as the city itself, including social history, natural and human geography, social ethnography, and studies in visual and material culture." -- The Japan Times, Tokyo: A Biography is a curious way to look at a city, traveling from its shogunate infancy through the growing pains of a fiery adolescence and onto its later years as it strives to find itself and build an identity... -- Seattle Book Review , One of the pleasures of the book is Mansfield's prose, which draws on his considerable poetic skill to deliver memorable formulations...The range of approaches to writing the city is as varied as the city itself, including social history, natural and human geography, social ethnography, and studies in visual and material culture. -- The Japan Times , Tokyo's history could easily fill a volume twice this size, but Mansfield makes it feel complete, exploring not only how the city changed and grew, but why, and how it responded to various crises and obstacles. Tokyo: A Biography brings the city to life. -- San Francisco Book Review , "Tokyo's history could easily fill a volume twice this size, but Mansfield makes it feel complete, exploring not only how the city changed and grew, but why, and how it responded to various crises and obstacles. Tokyo: A Biography brings the city to life." -- San Francisco Book Review, "Tokyo's history could easily fill a volume twice this size, but Mansfield makes it feel complete, exploring not only how the city changed and grew, but why, and how it responded to various crises and obstacles." Tokyo: A Biography brings the city to life. -- San Francisco Book Review
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
952/.135
Synopsis
The great "Meireki Fire" levels the great city of Edo, killing a third of its population. A 15-year-old boy succeeds his father as Emperor, sparking a remarkable transformation. From 1944 to 1945, U.S. Superfortresses bomb Tokyo relentlessly, reducing it to rubble. In Tokyo: A Biography author Stephen Mansfield demonstrates how such events-and many more like them-became opportunities to remake this centuries-old city. In a whirlwind journey through Tokyo's past, Mansfield demonstrates how the city's response to everything from natural disasters to regime change has been to reinvent itself. A calamitous fire results in a massive expansion of the city. A malleable boy becomes a figurehead for relentless forces of modernization. Utter destruction wipes the slate clean so Tokyoites may start over again. And so it goes. Tokyo's story is fascinating and Mansfield's Tokyo rises higher with each renewal. By the book's end, we see a city that is utterly unique-a place that, despite its long history, is always preparing to turn the next corner...and the next. Book jacket., The history of Tokyo is as eventful as it is long. A concise yet detailed overview of this fascinating, centuries-old city, Tokyo: A Biography is a perfect companion volume for history buffs or Tokyo-bound travelers looking to learn more about their destination. In a whirlwind journey through Tokyo's past from its earliest beginnings up to the present day, this Japanese history book demonstrates how the city's response to everything from natural disasters to regime change has been to reinvent itself time and again. A calamitous fire results in a massive expansion of the city's territory. A debate over the Samurai code creates far-reaching social change. A malleable boy becomes the figurehead for powerful forces which change an ancient feudal society into a modern industrialized power within a generation. Utter destruction wipes the slate clean again so Tokyoites may start all over. And so it goes. Tokyo's story is riveting, and by the end of Tokyo: A Biography , readers see a city almost unrivaled in its uniqueness, a place that--despite its often tragic history--still shimmers as it prepares to face the future.
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