330 Pages
60 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
330 Pages
60 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
330 Pages
60 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Modern Japan provides a concise and fascinating introduction to the social, cultural and political history of modern Japan. Ranging from the Tokugawa period to the present day, Tipton links everyday lives with major historical developments, charting the country’s evolution into a modernized, economic and political world power.
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1. Tokugawa Japan: from premodern to early modern 2. The mid-century crisis 3. The early Meiji revolution 4. The 1880s and 1890s: defining a Japanese national identity 5. Late Meiji: an end and a beginning 6. An emerging mass society 7. Contesting the modern in the 1930s 8. The dark valley 9. ‘Out of the ashes … a new Japan’ 10. The ‘economic miracle’ … and its underside 11. The ‘rich country’ 12. The ‘lost decade(s)’ 13. Back to the future
Biography
Elise K. Tipton is Honorary Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia.
