A history of modern Japan : in search of a nation, 1850 to the present /

In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history, from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to Japanese feminists who fought for an equal political voice in the 1890s. Though highly successful, and typ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harding, Christopher, 1978- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, 2020.
Subjects:	Japan > History > 19th century. Japan > History > 20th century. Japan > History > 21st century. Japan > Social life and customs > 1868-1912. Japan > Social life and customs > 1912-1945. Japan > Social life and customs > 1945-

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Harumi and Heisaku
Weaving, tearing (1850s to 1910s)
Resistance is fertile (1900s to 1930s)
Leading Asia / leaving Asia (1920s to 1940s)
Modernity 2.0? (1940s to 1960s)
Twisted visions (1950s to 1990s)
Raising spirit (1900s to 2010s).