Cover of The abacus and the sword

The abacus and the sword

by Duus, Peter

1995 480 pages eng

Duus analyzes Japan's acquisition of Korea, the largest and most populous of its colonial possessions, as the result of two separate but interlinked processes, one political/military and the other economic: every attempt at increasing Japanese political influence licensed new opportunities for trade…

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