Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Japanese Woman and Her World, Hardcover - Amy Stanley

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A rich and original history of Edo, the shogun's city that became modern Tokyo.Illustrations: 110 illustrations, 105 in colour

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In the mid-19th century, as new routes opened up, a new generation of travelers embarked on excursions to India, China and Japan. Globetrotters--le...

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Frederick Douglass dismissed Myrtilla's plan to open a school for African American girls in the slaveholding South as "reckless, almost to the poin...

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Research chemist-sleuth Libby Clark must uncover the traitor within in this gripping World War II mystery. May 1945. Harry S. Truman has become pre...

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This timely exploration of our history of welcoming strangers offers a powerful, uplifting antidote to our increasingly atomised world.Publisher: G...

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