Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 871 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Names and Romanization -- 1. Sekigahara -- 2. The Tokugawa State -- 3. Foreign Relations -- 4. Status Groups -- 5. Urbanization and Communications -- 6. The Development of a Mass Culture -- 7. Education, Thought, and Religion -- 8. Change, Protest, and Reform -- 9. The Opening to the World -- 10. The Tokugawa Fall -- 11. The Meiji Revolution -- 12. Building the Meiji State -- 13. Imperial Japan -- 14. Meiji Culture -- 15. Japan between the Wars -- 16. Taisho Culture and Society -- 17. The China War |
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18. The Pacific War19. The Yoshida Years -- 20. Japan since Independence -- Further Reading -- Notes -- Credits -- Index |
Summary |
An account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to 2000. This book analyzes the making of the modern state, a time which saw three periods of major social change: the imposition of hegemonic order on feudal society; the opening of Japanese ports; and defeat in World War II |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 795-840) and index |
Notes |
Third printing, 2002 |
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Print version record |
Subject |
HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
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Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
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SUBJECT |
Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069473
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Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069489
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Subject |
Japan
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780674039100 |
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0674039106 |
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