1st Edition

Meiji 1868 Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Japan

By Paul Akamatsu Copyright 1972
346 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge

Among the revolutionary movements which shook the nineteenth-century world, the change of government in Japan in 1868 occupies a special place. A new, dynamic ruling class provoked the overthrow of the old rule of the shogun and in a few years the visible structure of feudal society disappeared. The founders of the new Meiji rule had themselves been warriors and thought they were able to resist... Read more

Part 1: The Decline in Shogunal Power  1. Famine and Reform  2. Towards the Opening 3. Repression and Terrorism  4. The Noble Coalition  Part 2: The Change in Régime 1. The Fall of the Bakufu  2. Meiji  3. Basic Trends  Conclusion.  Chronological Table. Glossary.  Index.

Biography

Paul Akamatsu