Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Renovation 1868-2000 (Hardcover)

~ Richard Sims (Author) "The year 1868 marks a turning-point in Japanese history comparable with 1789 in France or 1917 in Russia..." (more)
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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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Japanese Political History Since the Meiji Restoration, 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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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (June 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312239149
• ISBN-13: 978-0312239145
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
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