Modern Japan : a social and political history / Elise K. Tipton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tipton, Elise K.

Series:

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Social conditions.

Japan.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 258 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

This comprehensive textbook provides a concise and fascinating introduction to to the social, cultural and political history of modern Japan. Ranging from the Tokugawa period to the present day, Modern Japan charts the country's evolution into a modernized, economic and political world power. The book widens the traditional approach to Japanese history to include social as well as political factors in the country's growth. Elise Tipton examines social groups and developments that have previously been neglected, such as gender issues, ethnic minorities, labour conditions, popular culture and daily life. Through this charting of a complex web of social and political interaction, her book represents a unique picture of the diversity of modern Japan and its people. Highly accessible, this completely up-to-date textbook is an essential resource for students, teachers and scholars of Japanese Studies, History and Politics.

Contents:

1 Tokugawa background: the ideal and the real 1

2 The mid-century crisis 18

3 The early Meiji Revolution 36

4 The 1880s and 1890s: defining a Japanese national identity 55

5 Late Meiji: an end and a beginning 72

6 An emerging mass society: demands for equity and the dilemmas of choice 88

7 Contesting the modern in the 1930s 108

8 The dark valley 125

9 'Enduring the unendurable' and starting over in the 'new' Japan 143

10 Conflict and consensus in the 1950s 161

11 The 'economic miracle'...and its underside 177

12 The 'rich country' 191

13 The 'lost decade' 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-242) and index.

ISBN:

0415185378

0415185386

OCLC:

50091743