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Patrick Smith has worked as an editor and correspondent for more than twenty years (fourteen of them in Asia) with, among other publications, the New York Times, the Financial Times of London, the International Herald Tribune, and The New Yorker. He is the author of The Nippon Challenge: Japan's Pursuit of the Americas Cup. He lives in Norfolk, Connecticut.
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Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: September 29, 1998
Price: $15.95
Current Affairs/Asian Studies
Winner of the Overseas Press Club Award
for the best book on Foreign Affairs
A New York Times Notable Book of the year
"A stimulating, provocative book . . . fresh and valuable."
--The New York Times Book Review
In 1868, Japan abruptly transformed itself from a feudal society into a modern... Read more >
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Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2010
Price: $25.95
From one of the foremost experts on Asia and its history: a brilliant dissection of the relationship between East and West in the modern era.
In three succinct essays, Patrick Smith chronicles the East’s long-standing efforts to adopt all that the West considers modern. He underscores a crucial distinction between modernization—the... Read more >
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2010
Price: $25.95
From one of the foremost experts on Asia and its history: a brilliant dissection of the relationship between East and West in the modern era.
In three succinct essays, Patrick Smith chronicles the East’s long-standing efforts to adopt all that the West considers modern. He underscores a crucial distinction between modernization—the... Read more >
