The great Kantō earthquake and the chimera of national reconstruction in Japan /

In September 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake devastated eastern Japan, killing more than 120,000 people and leaving two million homeless. Using a rich array of source material, J. Charles Schencking tells for the first time the graphic tale of Tokyo's destruction and rebirth. In emotive prose,...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schencking, J. Charles (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Series:Contemporary Asia in the world.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 1923.
Disaster relief > Government policy > Japan > History > 20th century.
City planning > Social aspects > Japan > Tokyo > History > 20th century.
Tremblement de terre du Kantō, Japon, 1923.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Politique gouvernementale > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
HISTORY > Asia > Central Asia.
City planning > Social aspects.
Disaster relief > Government policy.
Tokyo (Japan) > History > 20th century.
Tōkyō (Japon) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Japan.
Japan > Tokyo.
History.
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