Routledge handbook of modern Japanese history /

The Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese History is a concise overview of modern Japanese history from the middle of the nineteenth century until the end of the twentieth century. Written by a group of international historians, each an authority in his/her field, the book covers modern Japanese his...

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Other Authors: Saaler, Sven, 1968- (Editor), Szpilman, Christopher W. A., 1951- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2018.
Series:Routledge handbooks.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Nation, empire, borders. 1. Japan in the global twentieth century / Akira Iriye
  • 2. Alliances and enmities: relations with Great Britain and Europe / Antony Best
  • 3. Japan and Asia / Christopher W.A. Szpliman and Sven Saaler
  • 4. Unequal treaties, consular juristiction, and treaty port society / Harald Fuess
  • 5. The English-language press networks in the transnational history of East Asia, 1850-1950 / Peter O'Connor
  • 6. Japan's colonial empire / Sandra Wilson and Robert Cribb
  • 7. Race and racism / Rotem Kowner
  • 8. Overseas migration, 1868-1945 / Martin Dusinberre
  • 9. Ryukyu/Okinawa's trajectory: from periphery to centre, 1600-2015 / Gavan McCormack
  • Part II. Ideologies and the political system. 10. From Edo to Meiji: the public sphere and political criticism in nineteenth-century Japan / Matsuda Koichiro
  • 11. State Shinto / Kate Wildman Nakai
  • 12. Conservatism and conservative reaction / Christopher W.A. Szpilman
  • 13. The military and politics / Sven Saaler
  • 14. Liberalism, internationalism, and democracy / Michael A. Schneider
  • 15. The bureaucracy and politics / Roger H. Brown
  • 16. The debate on fascism in Japanese historiography / Kato Yoko
  • 17. Japan's 1930s: crisis, fascism, and social imperialism / Ethan Mark
  • 18. Japan's war of words: World War II propaganda / Barak Kushner
  • Part III. Economy and society. 19. The path of economic development from the late nineteenth century to the economic miracle / Penelope Francks
  • 20. The yen: Japan's national currency / Mark Ravina
  • 21. Urban life and the city idea in the twentieth century / Louise Young
  • 22. Cooperatives and grassroots developments / Tessa Morris-Suzuki
  • 23. The emergence of trade unions / Christopher Gerteis
  • 24. The postwar employment system / Charles Weathers
  • 25. Genders, sexualities and bodies in modern Japanese history / Vera Mackie
  • 26. Religion in the postwar era / Ian Reader
  • 27. Washoku, heritage and national identity / Katarzyna J. Cwiertka
  • 28. Environmental history / Philip C. Brown
  • Part IV. Historical legacies and memory. 29. Debates over historical consciousness / Yoshida Yutaka
  • 30. History and the state in postwar Japan / Hatano Sumio
  • 31. The politics of Yasukuni Shrine and war memory / Jeff Kingston.