This book covers the history of Japan from the mid-19th century up to the present day. It charts the spectacular rise of a society which leapt in little more than a generation from late feudal to early industrial forms of organisation - an exceptionally disturbing experience for the Japanese as they left behind the traditional and Asian and moved towards the modern and Western. It examines the violent thirties and an Empire won and lost between 1937 and 1945, and investigates the major changes after 1945, including the astonishing economic growth achieved since the 1950s.
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Beasley, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Far East at the University of London, first published The Modern History of Japan in 1963. The book went through several revisions and has been considered a standard work on its subject. When the author undertook yet another revision of the book in 1987, he discovered that he had altered his original volume to the extent that the new work, reviewed here, deserved a new title. Like its predecessor, this is a survey of modern Japanese history from its origins in the Tokugawa period to the present, bringing the story up through the death of Hirohito and the Recruit-Cosmos scandal in Japanese politics in the early part of 1989. While there is nothing astoundingly new in interpretation here, the book utilizes the most recent scholarship in the field and is good, solid history. Highly recommended for readers looking for a concise, well-written history of modern Japan. --Scott Wright, Coll. of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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"Characterized by a remarkable clarity of expression and a stylish presentation." -- Times Literary Supplement
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This review is from: Rise of Modern Japan: Political, Economic and Social Change Since 1850 (Paperback)
Beasley does a great job in this second edition of the rise of modern japan. Unlike the 1990 version of the book, he concentrate more on the empires that came to power in the early 20th century and also covers thoroughly in today's political ups and downs in Japan. I love this book, because I get a great sense of Japan's history.
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It is now generally recognized that Japan has been much the most successful of the countries outside Europe and North America in achieving modernization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, Liberal Democrats, South East Asia, Foreign Minister, Imperial Court, Kwantung Army, Ito Hirobumi, Pacific War, General Staff, Finance Minister, Chiang Kai-shek, Foreign Ministry, War Minister, Co-prosperity Sphere, Executive Council, Privy Council, Home Ministry, Hong Kong, New Order, Okuma Shigenobu, Saigo Takamori, House of Peers, Tojo Hideki, Yamagata Aritomo, Chang Tso-lin New!
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It is now generally recognized that Japan has been much the most successful of the countries outside Europe and North America in achieving modernization. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
treaty port system, lower house seats Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Liberal Democrats, South East Asia, Foreign Minister, Imperial Court, Kwantung Army, Ito Hirobumi, Pacific War, General Staff, Finance Minister, Chiang Kai-shek, Foreign Ministry, War Minister, Co-prosperity Sphere, Executive Council, Privy Council, Home Ministry, Hong Kong, New Order, Okuma Shigenobu, Saigo Takamori, House of Peers, Tojo Hideki, Yamagata Aritomo, Chang Tso-lin New!
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- Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume One: From Earliest Times to 1600 (vol. 1) by Wm. Theodore de de Bary in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Society and Education in Japan by Herbert Passin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Studies in the Intellectual History of Tokugawa Japan (East Asian Studies) by Masao Maruyama in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Western World and Japan by G B Sansom in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Meiji Restoration by W. Beasley in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Japanese Community in Pre-War Britain: From Integration to Disintegration by Keiko Itoh on 7 pages
- Japan and the Reconstruction of East Asia (International Political Economy) by Dominic Kelly on 4 pages
- Pacific Asia in the Global System: An Introduction by Peter Preston on 4 pages
- Uncle Sam's War of 1898 and the Origins of Globalization by Thomas D. Schoonover in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Governance in the Asia-Pacific (Pacific Studies) by David Goldblatt on page 77, and page 299
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