Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000 explores the changes in the political process which lay behind Japan’s transformation into a modern nation state; its successive turn toward militarism, fascism, and the Pacific War; and the imposition of a fully democratic constitution. Sims examines closely such central topics as the Meiji renovation, samurai modernisers, the rise of liberal political parties, the Meiji constitution, "Taisho democracy," the wartime changes in the political system, postwar reforms and the "reverse course", four decades of Liberal Democratic rule, and the shake-up of Japanese politics during the 1990s. No other book has covered Japanese political history over the entire period since 1868 in such detail, and the present volume aims to fill the gap between the various general histories of modern Japan and the ever-increasing monographic literature.
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"...a useful addition to the reading lists of undergraduate or graduate courses on Japan. "--History: Reviews of New Books
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Richard Sims has taught Modern Japanese History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, since 1966. His previous books include Modern Japan (1973) and French Policy towards the Bakufu and Meiji Japan, 1854-1895 (1998).
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The year 1868 marks a turning-point in Japanese history comparable with 1789 in France or 1917 in Russia. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
constitutional protection movement, unendorsed candidates, security treaty revision, imperial reformers, greater national unity, party cabinets, prefectural assemblies, japanese politics, rice riots, prefectural governors, next prime minister, party presidency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Army Minister, House of Representatives, Home Ministry, Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, Home Minister, Soviet Union, Finance Ministry, House of Councillors, Liberal Party, Privy Council, Meiji Ishin, House of Peers, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, Taisho Democracy, Navy Minister, Government Section, New Frontier Party, Shakai Taishuto, Military Affairs Bureau, War State, Chief of Staff, Inoue Kaoru, Ito Miyoji New!
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constitutional protection movement, unendorsed candidates, security treaty revision, imperial reformers, greater national unity, party cabinets, prefectural assemblies, japanese politics, rice riots, prefectural governors, next prime minister, party presidency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Army Minister, House of Representatives, Home Ministry, Foreign Minister, Finance Minister, Home Minister, Soviet Union, Finance Ministry, House of Councillors, Liberal Party, Privy Council, Meiji Ishin, House of Peers, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, Taisho Democracy, Navy Minister, Government Section, New Frontier Party, Shakai Taishuto, Military Affairs Bureau, War State, Chief of Staff, Inoue Kaoru, Ito Miyoji New!
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- Crisis and Compensation by Kent E. Calder on page 338, and Back Matter
- Japan in Crisis: Essays on Taisho Democracy (Michigan Classics in Japanese Studies) by Ann Waswo on page 122, and Back Matter
- Western World and Japan by G B Sansom in Back Matter
- Origins of the Modern Japanese State: Selected Writings of E. H. Norman by E. H. Norman in Back Matter
- Modern Japan by Peter Duus in Back Matter
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