The Meiji Unification Through the Lens of Ishikawa Prefecture / James C. Baxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxter, James C., author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 165.

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection ISBN: 9789004407077.

Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 165

Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meiji-restauratie.

Ishikawa-ken (Japan)--History.

Ishikawa-ken (Japan).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1994.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Credit for the swift unification of Japan following the 1868 overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate is usually given to the national leaders who instigated the coup and formed the new Meiji government. But is brilliant leadership at the top sufficient to explain how regional separatist tendencies and loyalties to the old lords were overcome in the formation of a nationally unified state? On the contrary, argues James C. Baxter. Though plans were drawn up by policy makers in Tokyo, the efforts of citizens all over the country were required to implement these plans and create a sense of national identity among local populations.

Drawing on extensive archival resources, Baxter describes the transformation of the Tokugawa domain of Kaga into the Meiji prefecture of Ishikawa. The result is a richly detailed study that helps explain how Japan achieved national unity without the bloody struggles that have often accompanied modernization and nation-building.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

The Perils of Prudence: Kaga under Maeda Nariyasu and Maeda Yoshiyasu

A Han Is Made a Prefecture: Administration in Ishikawa Prefecture, 1871-1878

Subprefectural Government in the New Prefecture, 1871-1878

Hopes for National Influence and Their Frustration: Politics in Ishikawa Prefecture, 1872-1878

National Integration Completed: Ishikawa Prefecture in the Decade of the Three New Laws

The Primacy of Economic Concerns: Ishikawa Activists in the Second Meiji Decade

Conclusion

Stratification of the Maeda Retainer Corps in the Late Tokugawa Period

Administration and Population of Kanazawa Prefecture, 1871, and Ishikawa Prefecture, 1872-1884

Budget of Ishikawa Prefecture, 1871/10-1872/9

Expenditures of Ishikawa Prefecture, 1873-1874

Subprefectural Districts in Ishikawa Prefecture, November 1, 1876

Counties in Ishikawa Prefecture, 1878

Sources of Funds Expended by Ishikawa Prefecture, 1880-1890

Expenditures of Local Taxes in Ishikawa Prefecture, 1880-1890 ( in ¥ thousands)

Representation in the First Ishikawa Prefectural Assembly, 1879

Eligibility to Participate in Prefectural Elections, 1881

Abbreviations Used in the Notes

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Other Format:

Print version: The Meiji Unification Through the Lens of Ishikawa Prefecture,

ISBN:

9781684173051

9780674564664

OCLC:

624394978

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684173051 DOI

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