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Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits - Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits
Hugh Cortazzi
This volume comprises some fifty essays on different themes and personalities, grouped thematically: portraits of key figures such as Stamford Raffles and Lord Lytton; history of Japanese trade and investment in the UK, such as NSK and Mitsubishi Electric; scholars such as Basil Hall Chamberlain; international Japanese banker Ogata Shijuro.
884 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 1, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781898823445 |
| Publishers | Global Books |
| Pages | 884 |
| Dimensions | 238 × 156 × 49 mm · 1.21 kg |
| Editor | Cortazzi, Hugh |
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