Emergence of Meiji Japan

This paperback edition of chapters from volume 5 of The Cambridge History of Japan describes the transition to Meiji rule.

List 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.

Summary

Bringing together chapters from volume 5 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.

Product details

• Authors: Marius B. Jansen, Marius B. (Princeton University Jansen
• Assisted by: Marius Jansen (Editor), Marius B. Jansen (Editor), Marius B. (Princeton University Jansen (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.1995
• EAN: 9780521484053
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48405-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Cambridge History of Japan; Cambridge History of Japan
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous