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Author:: Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922- author.
Title:: Showa : a history of Japan, 1926-1939 / Shigeru Mizuki ; translator, Zack Davisson.
Edition:: First paperback edition
Publisher:: Drawn & Quarterly,
Description:: 533 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:: Japan--History--1926-1945--Comic books, strips, etc.
Japan--Social life and customs--1912-1945--Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Other Authors:: Davisson, Zack, translator.
Other Titles:: Komikku Shōwa-shi. English
Notes:: Translation of: Komikku Shōwa-shi. Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.
Summary:: "First volume of Shigeru Mizuki's meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth century Japan. This volume deals with the period leading up to World War II, a time of high unemployment and other economic hardships caused by the Great Depression. Mizuki's photo-realist style effortlessly brings to life Japan of the 1920s and 1930s, depicting bustling city streets and abandoned graveyards with equal ease"--Publisher's website.
ISBN:: 1770461353 (pbk.)
9781770461352 (pbk.)
OCLC:: (OCoLC)841710266
Locations:: BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames); USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames); TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf); BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines); URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque); CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell); OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City); CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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