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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London ; New York :
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2018.
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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.