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1 online resource (199 pages) |
| Series |
Seminar Studies In History |
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Seminar studies in history
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Series; Author's Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Chronology; Maps; PART ONE: INTRODUCTION; 1. BACKGROUND AND HISTORIOGRAPHY; Historiographical Overview of Modern Japan; PART TWO: ANALYSIS; 2. JAPAN IN 1925: A SOCIETY IN FLUX; Industrialization and Urbanization; Labor Unrest; Urban Culture; Rural Japan; Agricultural Life; Tenant Problems; 3. DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS, 1925-30; Universal Manhood Suffrage and the Peace Preservation Law; China Problems |
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Army Insubordination: The Assassination of Zhang ZuolinNaval Arms Limitation Talks; 4. JAPAN'S 'MISSION IN ASIA'; Economic Depression; Manchurian Incident; Ultra-Nationalism; Government Repression; The 'Showa Restoration'; 5. THE ROAD TO WAR; War with China; Tightening Control; Friction with the United States; 6. JAPAN GOES TO WAR; The Failure of Diplomacy; War; Japan on the Defensive; The Home Front; The End in Sight; 7. THE ALLIED OCCUPATION; First Steps; Demilitarization; Political Reform; Social Reform; Economic Reform; Reverse Course; Peace and Security; PART THREE: ASSESSMENT |
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8. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF DEFEAT: JAPAN IN THE POSTWAR ERAJapan in 1952: Postwar Society and Culture; Assessment of War Issues; Japan's Postwar Challenges; PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS; Glossary; Who's Who; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
By 1925 the process of Japan's transition to a modern industrialised, westernised state was pretty much complete. Not only had the imperial tradition been restored with the Meiji Restoration in 1868, but some forms of democratic parliamentary institutions had been set up. However, during the years that followed, the so-called imperial democracy came under pressure as the Japanese sought to impose tight control over not only their own people but their neighbours as well. This impressive survey looks at developments at home, Japan's aggressive foreign policy particularly in China during the 19 |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317878964 |
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1317878965 |
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