Tokyo Rising: The City Since the Great Earthquake
This sequel to Low City, High City: Tokyo From Edo to the Earthquake, carries the story of Tokyo forward to the present, showing it rising not only from the disaster of the earthquake, but a second, time from the catastrophe of 1945, to become the biggest and richest city in Asia.
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Contents
The Days After
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Happy Reconstruction Days
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Darker Days
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Copyright
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