A history of Japan 1582-1941 :

internal and external worlds /
L.M. Cullen.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cullen, L. M. (Louis M.)
Summary:Offering a distinctive overview of the pressures responsible for the emergence of modern Japan, Louis Cullen rejects the traditional boundaries of Japanese historiography and combines economic, social, and political approaches to create a powerful analysis. Cullen reviews the Japanese experience of expansion, social transition, industrial growth, economic crisis and war, to present an island nation that is a growing industrial power with little perception of its worldwide context.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-345) and index.

Physical description: xvii, 357 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

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ISBN:052182155X
0521529182 (pb.)
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505 0 |a Introduction: Japan's internal and external worlds, 1582-1941 -- Japan and its Chinese and European worlds, 1582-1689 -- The Japanese economy, 1688-1789 -- An age of stability: Japan's internal world in perspective, 1709-1783 -- Prosperity amid crises, 1789-1853 -- Sakoku under pressure: the gaiatsu of the 1850s and 1860s -- Fashioning a state and a foreign policy, 1868-1919 -- From peace to war, 1919-41. 
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