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1 online resource |
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Intro; Title Page; Preface; Contents; List of Maps; Introduction: land, People, and their Shaping by History; Part I: From Seclusion to Expansion 1825-1900; Japan in 1825: A Crisis in Seclusion; The Opening of the Country; The Meiji ̀Restoration'; The Decade of Democratic Ferment: :Liberty and People's Right; The Meiji Constitution; The Sino-Japanese War and its Aftermath; Meiji Industrialization and its Critics; Part II: The Road to Catastrophe 1900-1945; The Russo-Japanese War and the Annexation of Korea; Taisho Democracy and the First World War |
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Taisho Politics and Society: From the Rice Riot to the Public Order Preservation ActEconomic Crises and Overseas Colonies; Fascism, Militarism, and Thought Control; The Undeclared War Against China; From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima; Part III: Reconstruction and Reorganization 1945-1995; The American Occupation: The New Constitution and the Tokyo War Crimes Trial; Occupation Reform: Education, Women, Land, and Labour; Post-war Reconstruction; From Political Conflict to Economic Growth, 1950-1965; ̀Japan Incorporated' and Radical Challenges, 1965-1973 |
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The Heyday of the LDP: From Tanaka to NakasoneThe End of Showa and the End of the Bubble Economy; Epilogue; Appendix I; Appendix II; Chronology: Japan 1825-1995; Glossary; Index |
| Summary |
This history of modern Japan traces the country's pursuit of power, by military and then by economic means, showing how the factors that contributed to Japan's rise to economic power have caused her more recent economic and political difficulties |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
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Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
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Economic history
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Politics and government
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Japan -- History -- 1868- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069494
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Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069473
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Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1868-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069406
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Japan -- Economic conditions -- 1600-1868.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009008931
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Japan -- Politics and government -- 1868- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069550
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Japan -- Politics and government -- 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069548
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191676840 |
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0191676845 |
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9780198205890 |
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0198205899 |
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9780191542459 |
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0191542458 |
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