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Modern Japan : a historical survey / Mikiso Hane, Louis G. Perez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hane, Mikiso.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Japan--History--19th century.
- Japan.
- History.
- Japan--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 596 pages : maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- Integrating political events with cultural, economic, and intellectual movements, Modern Japan provides a balanced and authoritative survey of modern Japanese history. A summary of Japan's early history, emphasizing institutions and systems that influenced Japanese society, provides a well-rounded introduction to this essential volume, which focuses on the Tokugawa period to the present.
- The fifth edition of Modern Japan is updated throughout to include the latest information on Japan's international relations, including secret diplomatic correspondence recently disclosed on WikiLeaks. This edition brings Japanese history up to date in the post-9/11 era, detailing current issues such as: the impact of the Gulf Wars on Japanese international relations; the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear accident; the recent tumultuous change of political leadership; and Japan's current economic, and global status. An updated chronological chart, list of prime ministers, and bibliography are also included. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Japan Before the Seventeenth Century 1
- Early History of the Japanese People 1
- Traditional Culture and Institutions of the Pre-Tokugawa Years 6
- Notes 15
- 2 Establishment of the Tokugawa Bakufu 17
- The Shogun of the Tokugawa Bakufu 17
- Tokugawa Institutions 20
- The Structure of Tokugawa Society 25
- The Culture of the Tokugawa Period 32
- Notes 35
- 3 The Late Tokugawa Period 37
- Political Developments 37
- Economic Problems 40
- The Lot of the Peasants 45
- Peasant Uprisings 49
- Agricultural Improvements 52
- Intellectual Currents: Reformers and Critics 54
- Notes 60
- 4 The Fall of the Tokugawa Bakufu 63
- Arrival of Commodore Perry 63
- The Immediate Consequences 66
- The Mentality of Sonno Joi 69
- The Rise of the Anti-Bakufu Forces 72
- The Meiji Restoration 78
- Notes 82
- 5 The Meiji Restoration: The New Order 83
- Political Changes 86
- Local Government 89
- Social Reforms 90
- Pensions for the Kazoku and Shizoku 92
- Revision of the Land Tax and the Plight of the Farmers 93
- Legal Reforms 94
- The Police System 95
- The Army and the Navy 95
- Economic Developments 96
- Education 100
- Civilization and Enlightenment 104
- Religion 106
- Notes 108
- 6 The Continuing Meiji Revolution (I): Political Developments 111
- Political Reactions 113
- Agrarian Unrest 117
- The Movement for Popular Rights 120
- Fortification of the Central Government 129
- The Constitution 131
- Notes 133
- 7 The Continuing Meiji Revolution (II): Cultural, Economic, and Social Developments 135
- Cultural Nationalism 135
- Initial Modern Economic Growth 143
- The Plight of the Workers 147
- Social Conditions 151
- Notes 153
- 8 Political Developments in Later Meiji 157
- Partisan Politics: 1887-1894 159
- The Korean Question and the Sino-Japanese War 163
- Postwar Domestic Political Developments 168
- Notes 176
- 9 The Conclusion of the Meiji Era 179
- The Russo-Japanese War 179
- Foreign Affairs After the War 187
- Internal Affairs After the War 188
- The Death of Emperor Meiji 191
- Meiji Japan: An Assessment 194
- Notes 199
- 10 The Era of Parliamentary Ascendancy (I) 201
- Internal Political Affairs: 1912-1918 202
- Foreign Affairs 207
- Economic Developments: 1906-1930 215
- Social Reform Movements: Labor 218
- Agrarian Reform Movements 220
- The Outcastes and the Suiheisha 221
- Movement for Women's Rights 222
- Democratic and Socialistic Political Movements 224
- Notes 228
- 11 The Era of Parliamentary Ascendancy (II) 231
- Culture of the Taisho Era 231
- Political Developments: 1918-1932 239
- Notes 255
- 12 The Ascendancy of Militarism 257
- Radical Nationalists and Militarists 257
- Conspiracies and Assassinations 263
- The Manchurian Incident 266
- Internal Political Developments: The Triumph of the Militarists 271
- Economic Developments 283
- Notes 286
- 13 The Road to War 289
- China Policy to 1937 289
- The China Incident 294
- Internal Developments 301
- Further Foreign Entanglements 305
- Negotiations with the United States 312
- The Occupation of Southern French Indochina 314
- The Decision for War 316
- Notes 327
- 14 War and Defeat 329
- The Offensive War 329
- The War at Home 333
- The Defensive War 338
- The Allied Strategy: "Island Hopping" 339
- The Transference of Leadership from Tojo to Koiso 344
- The Beginning of the End 346
- The Battle for Leyte Gulf 347
- The End of the Fighting: The Kamikaze 349
- The Economics of Warfare 351
- The Finale 352
- Notes 359
- 15 The Postwar Years (I): Reform and Reconstruction 363
- The MacArthur Era 363
- Political Developments During the Occupation Years 376
- Notes 381
- 16 The Postwar Years (II): Political Developments After Independence 383
- The Yoshida Years 383
- After Yoshida: The 1955 System 385
- End of LDP Dominance 391
- Foreign Relations 401
- Economic Developments 415
- The Japanese Economy in the Early 1990s: Recession 430
- Notes 430
- 17 Social and Educational Developments 437
- Social Developments 437
- Education 458
- Notes 466
- 18 Cultural Developments 471
- American Influence 471
- Survival of the Traditional Outlook 474
- Religion 476
- Literature 478
- Cinema 485
- Art and Architecture 488
- Popular Culture 490
- Baseball and Other Sports 492
- Revival of Nationalism? 494
- Yasukuni Controversy 496
- End of the Showa Reign 500
- Three Strikes 504
- Notes 520.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813346946
- 0813346940
- 9780813346953
- 0813346959
- OCLC:
- 789150309
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