Research Catalog

Title

The pursuit of power in modern Japan, 1825-1995 / Chushichi Tsuzuki.

Author

Tsuzuki, Chūshichi.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Details

Description

x, 550 pages : maps; 25 cm

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.

Subjects

• Japan
• Since 1600
• History
• Japon > 1868-
• Japon > 1600-1868 (Époque des Tokugawa)
• Japan > History > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
• Japan > History > 1868-
• Macht
• Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
• 15.75 history of Asia

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Preface -- Introduction: Land, People, and their Shaping by History -- Part I. From Seclusion to Expansion, 1825-1900 -- 1. Japan in 1825. A Crisis in Seclusion -- 2. The Opening of the Country -- 3. The Meiji Restoration -- 4. The Decade of Democratic Ferment: Liberty and People's right -- 5. The Meiji Constitution -- 6. The Sino-Japanese War and its Aftermath -- 7. Meiji Industrialization and its Critics -- Part II. The Road to Catastrophe, 1900-1945 -- 8. The Russo-Japanese War and the Annexation of Korea -- 9. Taisho Democracy and the First World War -- 10. Taisho Politics and Society: From the Rice Riot to the Public Order Preservation Act -- 11. Economic Crises and Overseas Colonies -- 12. Fascism, Militarism, and Thought Control -- 13. The Undeclared War against China -- 14. From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima -- Part III. Reconstruction and Reorganization, 1945-1995 -- 15. The American Occupation: The New Constitution and the Tokyo War Crimes Trial -- 16. Occupation Reform: Education, Women, Land and Labour -- 17. Post-war Reconstruction -- 18. From Political Conflict to Economic Growth, 1950-1965 -- 19. Japan Incorporated and Radical Challenges, 1965-1973 -- 20. The Heyday of the LDP: From Tanaka to Nakasone -- 21. The End of Showa and the End of the Bubble Economy -- Epilogue.

ISBN

• 0198205899
• 9780198205890

LCCN

00709361

OCLC

• ocm64452232
• 64452232
• SCSB-14472242

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library