1st Edition

Political History of Japan During the Meiji Era, 1867-1912

By Walter Wallace McLaren Copyright 1966
380 Pages
by Routledge

380 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1966. In this book, the author has endeavours to supply the information which is essential to the formation of accurate judgments as to the meaning of Japanese policy by reviewing her modern political history, describing her system of government, and explaining her national ambitions. McLaren presents a careful survey of the evolution of the existing political institutions of... Read more
Part 1 The Reconstruction Period; Chapter 1 The Restoration Movement; Chapter 2 The Policy of the Restoration Party; Chapter 3 The Abolition of Feudalism; Chapter 4 The Government and its Critics; Chapter 5 The Reconstruction of the Central and Local Governments; Chapter 6 The Growth of Representative Institutions; Chapter 7 Political Issues and Morality; Chapter 8 End of the Reconstruction Period; Part 2 The Parliamentary Regime; Chapter 9 The First Four Years; Chapter 10 The Chino-Japanese War; Chapter 11 Militarism and Clan Government; Chapter 12 The Russo-Japanese War; Chapter 13 Japan on the Continent of Asia; Chapter 14 The End of the Meiji Era; Chapter 15 Political System in Japan;

Biography

Walter Wallace McLaren