| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 251 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Contributors; Introduction: 'Turning Points' and 'Defining Moments'; Discerning Turning Points; Turning Point as Time Point and Time Period; The Importance of Perspective; Bibliography; Conventions; 1. Bukkyō Denrai: The True Turning Point; Bibliography; Notes; 2. 1247 as a Turning Point for the Kamakura Shogunate; The Government of the Shogunate; The Government of the Imperial Court; The Affairs of 1246-47; The Social Influence of the 1247 Affair; The Mechanism of the Medieval Warrior Society |
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Changes in Medieval Warrior SocietyConclusion; Bibliography; 3. A Turning Point inCourt-Bakufu Relations During the Edo Period; Bibliography; Notes; 4. The Starting Point of Modern Japanese-Korean Relations: The Letter Incident of 1869; A Growing Distance: Korea and Japan at the End of the Edo Period; Self-Promotion vs. Centralization: Tsushima and the New Meiji Government; To Belittle the King: The Letter Incident; Bibliography; 5. Deliberate Non-Communication: The Influence of the Religious Issues on the Diplomatic Talks During the Visit of the Iwakura Delegation to Belgium; Introduction |
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Distinctions and Notions of the Concept of Western ReligionThe Diplomatic Talks of the Iwakura Embassy with the Belgian Government; Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Notes; 6. Rescuing the Prisoners of the Maria Luz: The Meiji Government and the 'Coolie Trade',1868-75; The First-Year Men's Incident; Prisoners of the Peruvian Bark; The Peruvian Captain vs. TheKanagawa Governor; The Peruvian Mission to Japan; Conclusion; Bibliography; Notes; 7. The Ending of Extraterritoriality in Japan; The Establishment of the System of Extraterritoriality,1858-69; The System in Operation,1869-99 |
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EarlyAttempts at Abolition, 1882-87ŌkumaShigenobu and Treaty Revision; The Final Act:The Anglo-Japanese Ending of Extraterritoriality; Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Notes; 8. Maruyama on Kaikoku: Ruptures in a Frame of Vertical Development; Introduction; Kaikoku in Maruyama's General Scheme; 'Maruyama' on his Head: More 'Opening', Less'Country' ... ; Bibliography; Notes; 9. The Meiji Constitution as Miscalculation; Introduction; Constitutional Reforms in the Context of the 1880s; Itō and the Sūmitsuin Deliberations; Conclusion; Bibliography; Notes |
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10. The End of World War One as a Turning Point in Modern Japanese HistoryPeriodization of Modern Japanese History as seenthrough Recent Western and Japanese Studies; The Main Components of the New World Order of the PostworldWar One Period; Effects of the New World Order on Japan; Conclusion: Was 1918 a Turning Point? Was Japan Part of World? History?; Bibliography; Notes; 11. Takahashi Korekiyo's Fiscal Policy and the Rise of Militarism in Japanduring the Great Depression; Bibliography; Notes; 12. Japan and Islam Policy During the 1930s; Our Altaic Brothers |
| Summary |
So-called 'turning points' or 'defining moments' are both the oxygen and grid lines that historians and researchers seek in plotting the path of social and political development of any country. In the case of Japan, the ninth Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies provided a unique opportunity for leading scholars of Japanese history, politics and international relations to offer an outstanding menu of 'turning points' (many addressed for the first time), over 20 of which are included here. Thematically, the book is divided into sections, including Medieval and Early Modern |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- History -- Congresses
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Edström, Bert
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| ISBN |
9781134279258 |
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1134279256 |
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