Choose one of these 2 books Simon Partner, The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Vill

Choose one of these 2 books
Simon Partner, The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Villager and his community
Andrew Gordon, Labor & Imperial Democracy In Prewar Japan
Minimum five pages typed double-spaced analytical book review. Three key issues must be addressed in the review.
1) What is the author’s main theme or purpose in writing the book.
2) Supporting arguments or discussion used to support or carry forward the main theme or
purpose of the book (the body of the book).
3) Your considered opinion of the book. Does the book succeed in doing what it set out to
do? Is the discussion clear and well structured?.
Comments on writing style, structuring of the book, sources used, and all the book’s
supporting apparatus (footnotes/endnotes, bibliography, etc) are all relevant.