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Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo Hardcover - 1999
by Birnbaum, Phyllis
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- very good
- Hardcover
These stunning biographical portraits, some adapted from essays that first appeared in the "New Yorker", explore the lives of five Japanese women who did their best to stand up and cause more trouble than was considered proper in Japanese society. 5 photos.
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Details
- Title Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo
- Author Birnbaum, Phyllis
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
- Date 2/15/1999 12:00:01 A
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # mon0003100387
- ISBN 9780231113564 / 0231113560
- Weight 1.03 lbs (0.47 kg)
- Dimensions 8.28 x 6.24 x 0.86 in (21.03 x 15.85 x 2.18 cm)
- Reading level 1190
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Women - Japan - Tokyo - Biography, Tokyo (Japan) - Biography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-15268
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.409
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Citations
- Booklist, 01/01/1999, Page 802
- Kirkus Reviews, 12/01/1998, Page 1705
- Library Journal, 01/01/1999, Page 112
- New York Times, 09/05/1999, Page 17
