Modern Japan: A Social And Political History (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies) - 9781138780859

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of plates -- List of figures -- List of maps -- Series editors' foreword -- Preface -- 1 Tokugawa Japan: from premodern to early modern -- 2 The mid-century crisis -- 3 The early Meiji revolution -- 4 The 1880s and 1890s: defining a Japanese national identity -- 5 Late Meiji: an end and a beginning -- 6 An emerging mass society -- 7 Contesting the modern in the 1930s -- 8 The dark valley -- 9 'Out of the ashes ... a new Japan' -- 10 The 'economic miracle' ... and its underside -- 11 The 'rich country' -- 12 The 'lost decade(s)' -- 13 Back to the future -- Glossary of Japanese terms -- Chronology of major events -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index

• | Author: Elise K. Tipton
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Aug 20, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 308 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138780855
• | ISBN-13: 9781138780859