| Description |
871 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [795]-840) and index. |
| Contents |
Seigahara -- Tokugawa state -- Foreign relations -- Status groups -- Urbanization and communications -- Development of a mass culture -- Education, though, and religion -- Change, protest, and reform -- Opening to the world -- Tokugawa fall -- Meiji revolution -- Building the meiji state -- Imperial Japan -- Meiji culture -- Japan between the wars -- Taish{229)o culture and society -- China war -- Pacific war -- Yoshida years -- Japan since independence. |
| Summary |
"Jansen covers the making of the modern state, the adaptation of Western models, growing international trade, the broadening opportunity in Japanese society with industrialization, and the postwar occupation reforms imposed by General MacArthur. Throughout, the book gives voice to the individuals and views that have shaped the actions and beliefs of the Japanese, with writers, artists, and thinkers as well as political leaders given their due." |
| Subject |
Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.
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Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912.
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| ISBN |
0674003349 alkaline paper |
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9780674003347 alkaline paper |
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