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The rise of modern Japan

Follows the political, economic, and social changes in Japan from the 1960s to 1989
Print Book, English, 1990
St. Martin's Press, New York, 1990
History
vii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
9780312040789, 9780312040772, 0312040784, 0312040776
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The Tokugawa legacy
Western challenge, Japanese response
The overthrow of the Tokugawa, 1860-1868
Building a modern state, 1868-1894
The Meiji Emperor and the Meiji Constitution, 1873-1904
Cultural borrowing, 1860-1912
Industrialization: the first phase, 1860-1930
Capitalism and domestic politics, 1890-1930
Independence and Empire, 1873-1919
Soldiers and patriots, 1918-1933
The New Order in Japan, 1931-1945
An Empire won and lost, 1937-1945
Military occupation, 1945-1952
Conservative democracy and the American alliance, 1951-1972
The economic miracle
The end of the Showa Era, 1971-1989