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The rise of modern Japan /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beasley, W. G. (William G.), 1919-2006
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Japan > History > 19th century.
Japan > History > 1868-
Table of Contents:
  • The Tokugawa legacy
  • Western challenge, Japanese response
  • The overthrow of the Tokugawa, 1860-1868
  • Building a modern state, 1868-1894
  • The Meiji Emperor and the Meiji Constitution, 1873-1904
  • Cultural borrowing, 1860-1912
  • Industrialization : the first phase, 1860-1930
  • Capitalism and domestic politics, 1890-1930
  • Independence and Empire, 1873-1919
  • Soldiers and patriots, 1918-1933
  • The New Order in Japan, 1931-1945
  • An Empire won and lost, 1937-1945
  • Military occupation, 1945-1952
  • Conservative democracy and the American alliance, 1951-1972
  • The economic miracle
  • The end of the Showa Era, 1971-1989
  • The postwar pattern unravels, 1989-1999.