Synopses & Reviews
This new edition brings together selected chapters from Volume 5 of The Cambridge History of Japan. Japan underwent momentous changes during the nineteenth century. This book chronicles the transition from Tokugawa rule, and the political process that finally ended centuries of warrior rule. It goes on to discuss the samurai rebellions against the Meiji Restoration, national movements for constitutional government that indirectly resulted in the Meiji Constitution of 1889, and Japan's twentieth-century drive to Great Power status.
Review
'\"...offers an incisive analysis of the immutable realtionship between foreign relations and domestic politics which transformed Japan from a modern nation state to an imperialist power between 1868 and 1912.\" Mark Lincicome, Journal of Asian History\"This book is a collection of five essays previously published in The Cambridge History of Japan....It should be welcome by anyone....Overall, the essays collected in this volume should be essential reading for both graduate students preparing for general examinations and researchers interested in pursuing in greater detail the topics they address.\" Kyu Hyun Kim, Pacific Affairs'
Review
"...offers an incisive analysis of the immutable realtionship between foreign relations and domestic politics which transformed Japan from a modern nation state to an imperialist power between 1868 and 1912." Mark Lincicome, Journal of Asian History
Synopsis
Bringing together chapters from Volume Five of The Cambridge History of Japan, this book chronicles the transition from Tokugawa rule, and the political process that finally ended centuries of warrior rule.
Synopsis
Selected chapters from Volume 5 of The Cambridge History of Japan chronicle the transition from Tokugawa rule, and the political process that finally ended centuries of warrior rule, as well as the events which indirectly resulted in the Meiji Constitution of 1889.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-343) and index.
Table of Contents
Preface; 1. The Tempo crisis Harold Bolitho; 2. Late Tokugawa culture and thought H. D. Harootunian; 3. The Meiji Restoration Marius B. Jansen; 4. Opposition movements in early Meiji, 1868-1885 Stephen Vlastos; 5. Japan's drive to great-power status Akira Iriye; Bibliography; Glossary-index.