The Great Convergence: Dissecting the Nature of Japan's Historical Ascendancy - Brett Walker, Montana State University February 3, 2012

Brett Walker is Regents Professor of History and Philosophy at Montana State University. His recent work includes Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in Japan (2010), JAPANimals: History and Culture in Japan’s Animal Life (edited with Gregory Pflugfelder, 2005), and The Lost Wolves of Japan (2005), which was nominated for the George Perkins Marsh Prize (ASEH), the John King Fairbank Prize (AHA), and the John Whitney Hall Prize (AAS).

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