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Routledge
262 Pages
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Routledge
262 Pages
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Routledge
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So-called 'turning points' or 'defining moments' are both the oxygen and grid lines that historians and researchers seek in plotting the path of social and political development of any country. In the case of Japan, the ninth Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies provided a unique opportunity for leading scholars of Japanese history, politics and international relations to... Read more
Introduction, Bert Edström; Chapter 1 Bukky? Denrai, Maciej Kanert; Chapter 2 1247 as a Turning Point for the Kamakura Shogunate, Kondo Shigekazu; Chapter 3 A Turning Point in Court–Bakufu Relations During the Edo Period, Valdo Ferretti; Chapter 4 The Starting Point of Modern Japanese–Korean Relations, Lionel Babicz; Chapter 5 Deliberate Non-Communication, Arjan Van Der Werf; Chapter 6 Rescuing the Prisoners of the Maria Luz, Igor R. Saveliev; Chapter 7 The Ending of Extraterritoriality in Japan, Ian Ruxton; Chapter 8 Maruyama on Kaikoku, Joel Joos; Chapter 9 The Meiji Constitution as Miscalculation, Alistair D. Swale; Chapter 10 The End of World War One as a Turning Point in Modern Japanese History, Dick Stegewerns; Chapter 11 Takahashi Korekiyo’s Fiscal Policy and the Rise of Militarism in Japan During the Great Depression, Richard J. Smethurst; Chapter 12 Japan and Islam Policy During the 1930s, Selçuk Esenbel; Chapter 13 Japan’s Foreign Policy and the Yoshida Legacy Revisited, Bert Edström; Chapter 14 The Beginning of the End? The Problem of Imperial Succession in Modern Japan, Ben-Ami Shillony;
Biography
Bert Edstrom is senior research fellow, Japan Section, Goteborg University. His research deals with Japanese foreign policy and international relations.
