Modern Japan : aspects of history, literature, and society /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Beasley, W. G. (William G.), 1919-2006
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1975.
Subjects:	Japan > History > 1868- > Congresses. Literatura japonesa > Siglo XX. Japón > Vida social y costumbres. Japon > Histoire > 1868- > Congrès. Japan. Since 1868 Congress Conference papers and proceedings. History. Congresses. Actes de congrès.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Modern Japan: an historian's view / W.G. Beasley
pt. 1. History: The politics of the Civil War of 1868 / Charles D. Sheldon
Shinbunshi: the early Meiji adaptation of the Western-style newspaper / Albert A. Altman
Japan and naval aspects of the Washington Conference / Ian Nish
Myth and reality in Japan in the 1930s / Ben-Ami Shillony
National elections and electioneering in Akita Ken, 1930-1942 / R.L. Sims
The Great Tokyo Air Raid, 9-10 March 1945 / Gordon Daniels
pt. 2. Literature: Matsui Sumako: actress and woman / Brian Powell
Modernisation of the Japanese theatre: the Shingeki Movement / A Horie-Webber
Abe Kōbō and Ōe Kenzaburō: the search for identity in contemporary Japanese literature / Hisaaki Yamanouchi
pt. 3. Society: New religions in Japan: an appraisal of two theories / Eimi Watanbe Rajana
The use and meaning of leisure in present-day Japan / Sepp Linhart
Union-management conflict in a Japanese company / R.C. Clark
Regional development policy in Japan: some aspects of the plan for remodelling the Japanese archipelago / John Sargent
Japan's policy towards foreign trade: the strategic options / Christopher Howe.