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A thoughtful and richly detailed survey of modern Japanese history from the Tokugawa period to the present.

Integrating political events with cultural, economic, and intellectual movements, Modern Japanprovides a balanced and authoritative survey of modern Japanese history. A summary of Japan's early history, emphasizing institutions and systems that influenced Japanese society, provides a well-rounded introduction to this essential volume, which focuses on the Tokugawa period to the present. The fifth edition of M... MORE

A Note on Japanese and Chinese Names	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
Japan Before the Seventeenth Century	p. 1
Early History of the Japanese People	p. 1
Traditional Culture and Institutions of the Pre-Tokugawa Years	p. 6
Notes	p. 15
Establishment of the Tokugawa Bakufu	p. 17
The Shogun of the Tokugawa Bakufu	p. 17
Tokugawa Institutions	... MOREp. 20
The Structure of Tokugawa Society	p. 25
The Culture of the Tokugawa Period	p. 32
Notes	p. 35
The Late Tokugawa Period	p. 37
Political Developments	p. 37
Economic Problems	p. 40
The Lot of the Peasants	p. 45
Peasant Uprisings	p. 49
Agricultural Improvements	p. 52
Intellectual Currents: Reformers and Critics	p. 54
Notes	p. 60
The Fall of the Tokugawa Bakufu	p. 63
Arrival of Commodore Perry	p. 63
The Immediate Consequences	p. 66
The Mentality of Sonno Joi	p. 69
The Rise of the Anti-Bakufu Forces	p. 72
The Meiji Restoration	p. 78
Notes	p. 82
The Meiji Restoration: The New Order	p. 83
Political Changes	p. 86
Local Government	p. 89
Social Reforms	p. 90
Pensions for the Kazoku and Shizoku	p. 92
Revision of the Land Tax and the Plight of the Farmers	p. 93
Legal Reforms	p. 94
The Police System	p. 95
The Army and the Navy	p. 95
Economic Developments	p. 96
Education	p. 100
Civilization and Enlightenment	p. 104
Religion	p. 106
Notes	p. 108
The Continuing Meiji Revolution (I): Political Developments	p. 111
Political Reactions	p. 113
Agrarian Unrest	p. 117
The Movement for Popular Rights	p. 120
Fortification of the Central Government	p. 129
The Constitution	p. 131
Notes	p. 133
The Continuing Meiji Revolution (II): Cultural, Economic, and Social Developments	p. 135
Cultural Nationalism	p. 135
Initial Modern Economic Growth	p. 143
The Plight of the Workers	p. 147
Social Conditions	p. 151
Notes	p. 153
Political Developments in Later Meiji	p. 157
Partisan Politics: 1887-1894	p. 159
The Korean Question and the Sino-Japanese War	p. 163
Postwar Domestic Political Developments	p. 168
Notes	p. 176
The Conclusion of the Meiji Era	p. 179
The Russo-Japanese War	p. 179
Foreign Affairs After the War	p. 187
Internal Affairs After the War	p. 188
The Death of Emperor Meiji	p. 191
Meiji Japan: An Assessment	p. 194
Notes	p. 199
The Era of Parliamentary Ascendancy (I)	p. 201
Internal Political Affairs: 1912-1918	p. 202
Foreign Affairs	p. 207
Economic Developments: 1906-1930	p. 215
Social Reform Movements: Labor	p. 218
Agrarian Reform Movements	p. 220
The Outcastes and the Suiheisha	p. 221
Movement for Women's Rights	p. 222
Democratic and Socialistic Political Movements	p. 224
Notes	p. 228
The Era of Parliamentary Ascendancy (II)	p. 231
Culture of the Taisho Era	p. 231
Political Developments: 1918-1932	p. 239
Notes	p. 255
The Ascendancy of Militarism	p. 257
Radical Nationalists and Militarists	p. 257
Conspiracies and Assassinations	p. 263
The Manchurian Incident	p. 266
Internal Political Developments: The Triumph of the Militarists	p. 271
Economic Developments	p. 283
Notes	p. 286
The Road to War	p. 289
China Policy to 1937	p. 289
The China Incident	p. 294
Internal Developments	p. 301
Further Foreign Entanglements	p. 305
Negotiations with the United States	p. 312
The Occupation of Southern French Indochina	p. 314
The Decision for War	p. 316
Notes	p. 327
War and Defeat	p. 329
The Offensive War	p. 329
The War at Home	p. 333
The Defensive War	p. 338
The Allied Strategy: "Island Hopping"	p. 339
The Transference of Leadership from Tojo to Koiso	p. 344
The Beginning of the End	p. 346
The Battle for Leyte Gulf	p. 347
The End of the Fighting: The Kamikaze	p. 349
The Economics of Warfare	p. 351
The Finale	p. 352
Notes	p. 359
The Postwar Years (I): Reform and Reconstruction	p. 363
The MacArthur Era	p. 363
Political Developments During the Occupation Years	p. 376
Notes	p. 381
The Postwar Years (II): Political Developments After Independence	p. 383
The Yoshida Years	p. 383
After Yoshida: The 1955 System	p. 385
End of LDP Dominance	p. 391
Foreign Relations	p. 401
Economic Developments	p. 415
The Japanese Economy in the Early 1990s: Recession	p. 430
Notes	p. 430
Social and Educational Developments	p. 437
Social Developments	p. 437
Education	p. 458
Notes	p. 466
Cultural Developments	p. 471
American Influence	p. 471
Survival of the Traditional Outlook	p. 474
Religion	p. 476
Literature	p. 478
Cinema	p. 485
Art and Architecture	p. 488
Popular Culture	p. 490
Baseball and Other Sports	p. 492
Revival of Nationalism?	p. 494
Yasukuni Controversy	p. 496
End of the Showa Reign	p. 500
Three Strikes	p. 504
Notes	p. 520
The Internet	p. 527
Chronological Chart	p. 532
List of Prime Ministers	p. 538
Selected Bibliography	p. 540
Index	p. 583
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