Kimura, Hiroshi, <br/><br/>
The Kurillian knot :  a history of Japanese-Russian border negotiations / 
Hiroshi Kimura ; translated by Mark Ealey. 
 - Stanford, Calif. :  Stanford University Press,  2008. 
 - 260 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/> Originally published in Japanese under the title: Nichi-Ro kokkyō kōshōshi, 1993.  Published in Russian under the title: Kurilʹskai︠a︡ problema, 1996. 
<br/><br/>Waking up to the concept of national borders -- Black ship from the North -- Territorial demarcation by force -- Toward normalization of relations -- Years of the aging Soviet leaders -- The Gorbachev years -- The Yeltsin years -- The Putin years. HKBU library 
<br/><br/> YT2025 M09 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804758352 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--Boundaries--History.--Russia (Federation)<br/>Russia (Federation)--Boundaries--History.--Japan<br/>Japan--Boundaries--History.--Soviet Union<br/>Soviet Union--Boundaries--History.--Japan<br/>Kuril Islands (Russia)--International status--History.<br/>Japan--Foreign relations--Russia (Federation)<br/>Russia (Federation)--Foreign relations--Japan.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS849  / K49 K 2008