1st Edition
Modern Japan Aspects of History, Literature and Society
Preface. Introduction: Modern Japan: An Historian’s View W. G. Beasley Part 1: History 1. The Politics of the Civil War of 1868 Charles D. Sheldon 2. Shinbunshi: The Early Meiji Adaptation of the Western-Style Newspaper Albert A. Altman 3. Japan and Naval Aspects of the Washington Conference Ian Nish 4. Myth and Reality in Japan of the 1930s Ben-Ami Shillony 5. National Elections and Electioneering in Akita Ken, 1930–1942 R. L. Sims 6. The Great Tokyo Air Raid, 9-10 March 1945 Gordon Daniels Part 2: Literature 7. Matsui Sumako: Actress and Woman Brian Powell 8. Modernisation of the Japanese Theatre: The Shingeki Movement A. Horie-Webber 9. Abe Kōbō and Ōe Kenzaburō: The Search for Identity in Contemporary Japanese Literature Hisaaki Yamanouchi Part 3: Society 10. New Religions in Japan: An Appraisal of Two Theories Eimi Watanabe Rajana 11. The Use and Meaning of Leisure in Present-Day Japan Sepp Linhart 12. Union-Management Conflict in a Japanese Company R. C. Clark 13. Regional Development Policy in Japan: Some Aspects of the Plan for Remodelling the Japanese Archipelago John Sargent 14. Japan’s Policy Towards Foreign Trade: The Strategic Options Christopher Howe. Notes. Index.
Biography
W. G. Beasley
