1st Edition

The Manchurian Crisis and Japanese Society, 1931-33

By Sandra Wilson Copyright 2002
264 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the reactions to the Manchurian crisis of different sections of the state, and of a number of different groups in Japanese society, particularly rural groups, women's organizations and business associations. It thus seeks to avoid a generalized account of public relations to the military and diplomatic events of the early 1930s, offering instead a nuanced account of the shifts... Read more
Part I: Managing the Crisis: at Home and Abroad
Part II: National Perspectives
Part III: Interest Groups and Local Perspectives

Biography

Sandra Wilson

'This new book's real contribution is less a rewriting of 1930s history than a sharpening of our understanding of the nature of the crisis that Japan and the Japanese faced in that decade.' - Japanese Studies