When Empire Comes Home

Repatriation and Reintegration in Postwar Japan

Lori Watt

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ISBN 9780674033429

Publication Date: 08/31/2009

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264 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

1 halftones, 3 maps, 4 tables

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Lori Watt is Assistant Professor of History at Washington University in St. Louis.

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