Modern Japan A Social and Political History

Name: Modern Japan A Social and Political History
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ISBN: 9780415418713

ISBN-10: 0415418712

ISBN-13: 9780415418713

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Elise K. Tipton

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This thoroughly updated edition provides a concise and fascinating introduction to the social, cultural and political history of modern Japan. Ranging from the Tokugawa period to the present day, the book charts the country's evolution into a modernized, economic and political world power. Incorporating the latest research results, this revised edition has been restructured to take into account developments since the first edition. The book widens the traditional approach to Japanese history to include social as well as political factors in the country's growth. Elise Tipton examines the social groups and developments that have previously been neglected, such as gender issues, ethnic…

Book details

List price: $43.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/2/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 316
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Tipton is senior lecturer in Japanese Studies at the School of Asian Studies, University of Sydney.




Tokugawa Background: The Ideal and the Real



The Mid-Century Crisis



The Early Meiji Revolution



The 1880s and 1890s: Defining a Japanese National Identity



Late Meiji: An End and a Beginning



An Emerging Mass Society: Demands for Equity and the Dilemmas of Choice



Contesting the Modern in the 1930s



The Dark Valley



'Enduring the Unendurable' and Starting Over in the 'New' Japan



Conflict and Consensus in the 1950s



The 'Economic Miracle' ... and Its Underside



The 'Rich Country'



The 'Lost Decade'



Whither Japan?