Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan is a book by Herbert P. Bix covering the reign of Emperor Hirohito of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. It won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.

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Author:Herbert P. Bix
Genre:Biography, Non-fiction
Year published:2000
Number of editions:5

Honors and Awards

YearAward Won
2001 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
2000 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography
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YearAward Nomination
2001 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
2000 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography
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Author of Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Herbert P. Bix
Herbert P. Bix

Herbert P. Bix is the author of Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, an acclaimed account of the Japanese Emperor and the events which shaped modern Japanese imperialism. Bix earned his Ph.D. in history and Far Eastern languages from Harvard University and a B.A. degree from the University of...
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Additional works by Herbert P. Bix
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Peasant protest in Japan, 1590-1884
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occupied territories under Israeli rule
Japanese imperialism and Manchuria, 1890-1931
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Literary Genres

Biography
Biography

A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. It entails more than basic facts , a biography also portrays a subject's...
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Non-fiction
Non-fiction

Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be factual. This...
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