5th Edition

Modern Japan A Historical Survey

By Mikiso Hane, Louis G. Perez Copyright 2013
610 Pages
by Routledge

608 Pages
by Routledge

610 Pages
by Routledge

Integrating political events with cultural, economic, and intellectual movements, Modern Japan provides a balanced and authoritative survey of modern Japanese history. A summary of Japan's early history, emphasizing institutions and systems that influenced Japanese society, provides a well-rounded introduction to this essential volume, which focuses on the Tokugawa period to the present. The... Read more
1. Japan Before the Seventeenth Century 2. Establishment of the Tokugawa Bakufu 3. The Late Tokugawa Period 4. The Fall of the Tokugawa Bakufu 5. The Meiji Restoration: The New Order 6. The Continuing Meiji Revolution (I): Political Developments 7. The Continuing Meiji Revolution (II): Cultural, Economic, and Social Developments 8. Political Developments in Later Meiji 9. The Conclusion of the Meiji Era 10. The Era of Parliamentary Ascendancy (I) 11. The Era of Parliamentary Ascendancy (II) 12. The Ascendancy of Militarism 13. The Road to War 14. War and Defeat 15. The Postwar Years (I): Reform and Reconstruction 16. The Postwar Years (II): Political Developments After Independence 17. Social and Educational Developments 18. Cultural Developments Appendix A: The Internet Appendix B: Chronological Chart Appendix C: List of Prime Ministers

Biography

Mikiso Hane