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Themes and theories in modern Japanese history : essays in memory of Richard Storry / edited by Sue Henry and Jean-Pierre Lehmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Japan
- Bloomsbury academic collections. Japanese history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Storry, Richard, 1913-.
- Storry, Richard.
- Japan--History--1868-.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (309 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Pub. plc, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "For many years, Richard Storry directed Japanese studies at the University of Oxford. This volume, designed as a tribute to his life and work, is composed of essays by leading Japanologists from the United Kingdom, Europe and Japan itself, where Richard Storry taught. The volume focuses on the period since the middle of the nineteenth century and covers several areas, including politics, language and theatre. First published in 1988, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Contributors; In memory of Richard Stony; Introduction; 1 Themes and theories in modern Japanese history; I: The genesis of modern Japan; 2 The structure of Matsnrigoto: the basso ostinato of Japanese political life; 3 Japan, the essential modernizer; 4 Two Shinto myths: the Golden Age and the Chosen People; 5 Setsuyoshu and Japanese civilization; II: Culture, identity and modernization; 6 Language reform in Meiji Japan: the views of Maejima Hisoka; 7 Mutsu Munemitsu: a portrait
- 8 A parable of the modern theatre in Japan: the debate between Osanai Kaoru and Mayama Seika, 1909III: Illusions of partnership: Britain and Japan; 9 The Douglas Mission and British influence on the Japanese Navy; 10 The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance in Japanese public opinion; 11 Ambassador at large: Yoshida and his Mission to Britain, 1932-7; IV: Crises of ideology and the modern state; 12 Tenko or Teiko: the dilemma of a Japanese Marxist between the wars; 13 Fujiwara and Suzuki: the Lawrence of Arabia syndrome; Conclusion; 14 Japan as a commercial power: implications for the world economy
- NotesIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781472553638
- 1472553632
- 9781780939711
- 178093971X
- OCLC:
- 944225357
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