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Japan A Modern History

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ISBN-10: 039397720X

ISBN-13: 9780393977202

Edition: 2002

Authors: James L. McClain

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This text conveys the turbulent political, economic and social change that over four centuries positioned Japan as a modern world power. It examines the impact of towering figures and the experiences of everyday Japanese.
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Book details

List price: $31.25
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/4/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 752
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.21" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 2.024
Language: English

Maps
Preface
Reader's Guide
Traditional Japan
The Tokugawa Policy
Cities, Commerce, and Lifestyles
Self and Society
Japan in Revolutionary Times
The Meiji Restoration
"New Beginnings"
Crafting a Constitutional Polity
Toward an Industrial Future
Living the Meiji Dream
Japan in the New Century
The Acquisition of Empire
New Awakenings, New Modernities
The Tumultuous Twenties
Japan at War
"A Period of National Emergency"
In Pursuit of a New Order
The Greater East Asia War
Contemporary Japan
The Years of Occupation
Recovery and Affluence
Another New Century
Notes
Glossary
Further Readings
Credits
Index