Japan: A Documentary History: Vol 2: The Late Tokugawa Period to the Present: A Documentary History

ISBN-13: 9781138140813 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 410 str.

David J. Lu

Opis

Covering the full spectrum of political, economic, diplomatic as well as cultural and intellectual history, this classroom resource offers insight not only into the past but also into Japan's contemporary civilization. This volume (the second of two) covers from the late 18th century up to 1995.

Spis treści

Dawn of Japanese History; Impact of Chinese Civilisation; The Early Heian Period; Rise of Feudal Institutions; Kamakura Buddhism; Development of Feudal Institutions Through the Muromachi Period; From Civil Wars to Unification; The Tokugawa Peace; Intellectual Current in Tokugawa Japan; The End of Tokugawa Rule; Early Meiji Political Development; Social and Economic Development in the Meiji Era; The Taish-o Democracy; Rise of Ultra-Nationalism and the Pacific War; Japan Under Occupation; Politics and Problems of Security; Emergence of an Economic Superpower; Heisei - Age of Uncertainty; Bridging the Past and Present.

O autorze

David J. Lu