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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introducing Japan | |
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| The Geographic Setting | |
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| The Effects of Geography | |
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| Historical Periods and Records | |
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| Problems of Understanding | |
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| Traditional Japan: Prehistory to 1185 | |
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| Ancient Japan (to ca. 400 CE) | |
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| Archaeological Periods | |
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| Chinese and Japanese Annals | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Japanese Sovereigns and Reigns | |
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| Yamato Japan (ca. 400-700) | |
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| Society | |
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| Sinification, the First Phase: Asuka or Suiko Period (552-645) | |
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| Sinification, the Second Phase: Hakuho (645-710) | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Japanese Sovereigns and Reigns | |
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| A Japanese Mahayana Buddhist (Daiji Bukkyo) Pantheon | |
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| Nara Japan (710-794) | |
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| Politics and Society | |
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| Religion | |
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| Literature and Language | |
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| The End of Nara | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Japanese Sovereigns and Reigns | |
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| Heian Japan (794-1185) | |
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| Politics and Economics | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| Culture | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Japanese Sovereigns and Reigns | |
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| Feudal Japan (1185-1868) | |
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| Kamakura Japan (1185-1333) | |
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| Yoritomo's Legacy | |
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| The Hojo Regency | |
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| Religion and Culture | |
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| Kamakura Decline | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Japanese Sovereigns and Reigns | |
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| Kamakura Appointed Shoguns | |
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| Hojo Regents (Shikken) | |
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| Ashikaga Japan (1333-1603) | |
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| Strife | |
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| Commerce | |
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| Culture | |
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| Reunification | |
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| Western Intrusion | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Japanese Sovereigns and Reigns | |
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| Ashikaga Shoguns | |
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| Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868): Stability | |
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| Society | |
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| Isolation | |
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| Effects of Isolation | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Japanese Sovereigns and Reigns | |
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| Tokugawa Shoguns | |
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| Tokugawa Japan: Change | |
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| Social and Economic Trends | |
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| Culture | |
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| Intellectual Trends | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Tokugawa Japan: Western Intrusion | |
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| End of Isolation | |
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| Western Rights and Japanese Reactions | |
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| The Final Decade of Tokugawa Rule | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Modern Japan (1868-1945) | |
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| Meiji Japan (1868-1912): Politics | |
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| Background | |
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| Realignments | |
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| New Leadership | |
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| The Meiji Constitution | |
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| Extraconstitutional Organs | |
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| Government and Party Relations | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Meiji Japan: Economics and Society | |
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| Economics | |
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| Society | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Meiji Japan: Foreign Relations | |
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| Background | |
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| Japan, Korea, and China | |
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| Japan, Korea, and Russia | |
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| Japan, Korea, and World Powers | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Imperial Japan: World Power (1912-1922) | |
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| Background | |
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| Japan and World War I | |
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| The Washington Conference | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Imperial Japan: Peace and Conflict (1922-1937) | |
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| The 1920s: Domestic Developments | |
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| The 1920s: Foreign Policies | |
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| The Manchurian Incident, 1931-1933 | |
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| The 1930s: Growth of Authoritarianism | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Imperial Japan: World War II (1937-1945) | |
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| Japan, the Axis Powers, and the Soviet Union | |
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| Japan in East Asia | |
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| Japan and the United States | |
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| The Pacific War | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Postwar Japan (1945 to Present) | |
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| Occupied Japan (1945-1952) | |
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| Nature of the Occupation | |
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| The First Period: Reform | |
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| The Second Period: Recovery | |
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| Peace Treaty Negotiations | |
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| Peace Treaty Settlement | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Contemporary Japan (Since 1952): Domestic Affairs-Politics | |
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| The Political System | |
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| Politics: The Right | |
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| Politics: The Left | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Contemporary Japan: Domestic Affairs-Economics and Society | |
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| Economics | |
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| Society | |
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| Contemporary Japan: Foreign Affairs | |
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| Japan and the United States | |
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| Japan and Russia | |
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| Japan and East Asia | |
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| Japan and Other Asian Countries | |
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| Japan and the Rest of the World | |
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| Chronology: Japan-United States | |
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| Chronology: Japan-Other Countries | |
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| Appendix: Japanese Prime Ministers | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |