Cambridge History of Japan

Japan's transformation from closed agrarian society to major world power.

List of contents

1. Introduction Peter Duus; Part I. Domestic Politics: 2. The establishment of party cabinets, 1898-1932 Taichiro Mitani; 3. Politics and mobilization in Japan, 1931-45 Gordon M. Berger; 4. Postwar politics, 1945-73 Haruhiro Fukui; Part II. External Relations: 5. The Japanese colonial empire, 1895-1945 Mark R. Peattie; 6. Continental expansion, 1905-41 Ikuhiko Hata; 7. The Pacific War Alvin D. Coox; Part III. Economic Development: 8. Industrialization and technological change, 1885-1920 E. Sydney Crawcour; 9. Depression, recovery, and war, 1920-45 Takafusa Nakamura; 10. The postwar Japanese economy, 1945-73 Yutaka Kosai; Part IV. Social and Intellectual Change: 11 The transformation of rural society, 1900-50 Ann Waswo; 12. Economic development, labor markets, and industrial relations in Japan, 1905-55 Koji Taira; 13. Socialism, liberalism, and Marxism, 1901-31 Pete Duus; 14. Japanese revolt against the West: political and cultural criticism in the twentieth century Tetsuo Najita.

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Summary

Volume 6 of The Cambridge History of Japan covers Japan's transformation from closed agrarian society to major world power.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Duus
• Assisted by: Peter Duus (Editor), John Whitney Hall (Editor), Marius B. Jansen (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.1989
• EAN: 9780521223577
• ISBN: 978-0-521-22357-7
• No. of pages: 888
• Series: Cambridge History of Japan; The Cambridge History of Japan 6 Volume Set
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)