The Rise of Modern Japan, 3rd Edition Political, Economic, and Social Change since 1850,9780312233730

The Rise of Modern Japan, 3rd Edition Political, Economic, and Social Change since 1850

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Edition: 3rd
ISBN13: 9780312233730
ISBN10: 0312233736
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-07-14
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This clear and authoritative book surveys the history of Japan from the mid 19th century up to the present day. It charts the spectacular rise of Japan, a society which leapt in little more than a generation from the feudal to early industrial forms of organisation--an exceptionally disturbing experience for the Japanese as they left behind the traditional and Asian and moved towards the modern and Western. It examines the turbulent 1930s and an empire won and lost between 1937 and 1945, and investigates the major changes after 1945 including the astonishing economic growth that has been achieved since the 1950s. This revised editon covers the economic recession and the dramatic political upheavals of the 1990s, taking the history of Japan up to the end of the 20th century.

Author Biography

W.G. Beasley is Emeritus professor of the History of the Far East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy and an honorary member of the Japan Academy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii
Preface ix
Preface to Second Edition x
Preface to Third Edition x
Chinese and Japanese Words and Names xi
The Tokugawa Legacy
1(20)
Political society
2(7)
The economy
9(6)
Culture and ideas
15(6)
Western Challenge, Japanese Response
21(17)
The closed country
22(4)
The unequal treaties
26(8)
Terrorism
34(4)
The Overthrow of the Tokugawa, 1860--1868
38(16)
Foreign policy and domestic opposition
39(9)
The end of the Bakufu
48(6)
Building a Modern State, 1868--1894
54(16)
Imperial rule
55(6)
Land tax and military reform
61(4)
The machinery of government
65(5)
The Meiji Emperor and the Meiji Constitution, 1873--1904
70(14)
The constitutional movement
71(5)
The constitution
76(4)
The emperor and political ideology
80(4)
Cultural Borrowing, 1860--1912
84(18)
Learning about the West
85(6)
Law and education
91(5)
Enlightenment and cultural conservatism
96(6)
Industrialization: the First Phase, 1860--1930
102(19)
Foundations, 1860--85
103(5)
Industrial growth and foreign trade, 1885--1930
108(6)
The economy in the 1920s
114(7)
Capitalism and Domestic Politics, 1890--1930
121(19)
Economic development and social change
121(6)
Conservatism, liberalism, socialism
127(5)
Party politics
132(8)
Independence and Empire, 1873--1919
140(19)
The years of caution, 1873--94
141(5)
Power in East Asia, 1894--1905
146(6)
First among equals, 1905--19
152(7)
Soldiers and Patriots, 1918--1933
159(17)
The China Problem
160(4)
The nationalist reaction
164(5)
The Manchurian Incident
169(7)
The New Order in Japan, 1931--1945
176(17)
The military in politics
177(7)
Dangerous thoughts
184(4)
A controlled economy
188(5)
An Empire Won and Lost, 1937--1945
193(20)
The New Order in East Asia
194(5)
The road to Pearl Harbor
199(5)
The Co-prosperity Sphere
204(4)
Defeat
208(5)
Military Occupation, 1945--1952
213(14)
The postwar political settlement
214(5)
Democracy by decree
219(4)
The peace treaty and defence agreement
223(4)
Conservative Democracy and the American Alliance, 1951--1972
227(16)
The political systems after 1951
228(8)
Foreign relations
236(7)
The Economic Miracle
243(19)
Industrial growth, 1955--73
244(5)
Trade and industry after the `oil shock'
249(4)
Social change and standards of living
253(9)
The End of the Showa Era, 1971--1989
262(16)
Trade disputes and economic policy
263(6)
Conservatism and nationalism
269(9)
The Postwar Pattern Unravels, 1989--1999
278(16)
The disintegration of politics
279(6)
Economic recession and foreign affairs
285(9)
Some Japanese Terms 294(1)
List of Japanese Prime Ministers, 1885--1999 295(2)
Maps 297(3)
Bibliography 300(6)
Notes 306(5)
Index 311

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