The Rise of Modern Japan

ISBN-13: 9780415592604 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 320 str.

William G Beasley;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

Charting the spectacular rise of a society which leapt in little more than a generation from late feudal to early industrial forms of organisation, this history of modern Japan examines the violent 1930s, an Empire won and lost, and the economic miracle.

Spis treści

1. The Tokugawa Legacy  2. Western Challenge, Japanese Response  3. The Overthrow of the Tokugawa, 1860-1868  4. Building a Modern State, 1868-1894  5. The Meiji Emperor and the Meiji Constitution, 1873-1904  6. Cultural Borrowing, 1860-1912  7. Industrialization: the First Phase, 1860-1930  8. Capitalism and Domestic Politics, 1890-1930  9. Independence and Empire, 1873-1919  10. Soldiers and Patriots, 1918-1933  11. The New Order in Japan, 1931-1945  12. An Empire Won and Lost, 1937-1945  13. Military Occupation, 1945-1952  14. Conservative Democracy and the American Alliance, 1951-1972  15. The Economic Miracle  16. The End of the Showa Era, 1971-1989