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Japan's Early Parliaments, 1890-1905 Structure, Issues and Trends
288 Pages
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Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Japan's Early Parliaments, 1890-1905 is the first detailed study of the early history of the Japanese Diet, providing a thorough discussion of the origins of the Japanese parliament, still the central institution of Japanese politics, and its development during this formative period. Drawn from primary sources, including the Diet records and contemporary newspaper reports, the studies in this... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 The House of Peers (1890–1905), Andrew Fraser; Chapter 2 Land tax increase, Andrew Fraser; Chapter 3 The debate on poor relief, 1890, R.H.P. Mason; Chapter 4 Changing Diet attitudes to the Peace Preservation Ordinance, 1890–2, R.H.P. Mason; Chapter 5 Foreign affairs debates, 1890–1, R.H.P. Mason; Chapter 6 The Japanese Commercial Code of 1890, and its reception in the first two sessions of the Imperial Diet, 1890–1, Philip Mitchell; Conclusions;
Biography
Andrew Fraser, R.H.P. Mason, Philip Mitchell
