Cambridge History of Japan

This volume covers the end of feudal society and the shogunate in Japan, and the growing power of the emperor.

List of contents

Introduction Marius B. Jansen; 1. Japan in the early nineteenth century Marius B. Jansen; 2. The Tempo crisis Harold Bolitho; 3. Late Tokugawa culture and thought H. D. Harootunian; 4. The foreign threat and the opening of the ports W. G. Beasley; 5. The Meiji Restoration Marius B. Jansen; 6. Opposition movements in early Meiji, 1868-85 Stephen Vlastos; 7. Japan's turn to the West Hirakawa Sukehiro; 8. Social change Gilbert Rozman; 9. Economic change in the nineteenth century E. Sydney Crawcour; 10. Meiji political institutions W. G. Beasley; 11 Meiji conservatism Kenneth B. Pyle; 12. Japan's drive to great-power status Akira Iriye.

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Summary

This volume covers the end of feudal society and the shogunate in Japan, and the growing power of the emperor.

Product details

• Authors: Marius B Jansen, Marius B. Jansen
• Assisted by: John Whitney Hall (Editor), Marius B. Jansen (Editor), Madoka Kanai (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.1989
• EAN: 9780521223560
• ISBN: 978-0-521-22356-0
• No. of pages: 844
• Series: Chja; Cambridge History of Japan; The Cambridge History of Japan 6 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous