Severns, Karen.

Hirohito / by Karen Severns ; [introductory essay on leadership, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.]. - New York : Chelsea House, c1988. - 112 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - World leaders past & present .

Cover title: Hirohito. Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 108.

A biography of the Japanese emperor who, following World War II, approved a constitution that changed his role from divine ruler to "symbol of the state" with political control going to elected representatives.

ISBN: 1555468373

LCCN: 87026828 /AC/r912

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901- --Juvenile literature.
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Kings, queens, rulers, etc.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Japan--Emperors--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Japan--History--Juvenile literature.--Shōwa period, 1926-1989
Japan--History--Shōwa period, 1926-1989.

LC Class. No.: DS889.8 / .S37 1988

Dewey Class. No.: 952.03/3/0924 B 92