The modern history of Japan / W.G. Beasley
1971, Third Edition. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #390216
ISBN: 0297762443
Physical description: xi, 352 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 23 cm. Notes; "A select bibliography of works in English": pages 329-333.
Contents: Japan in the early nineteenth century -- Economic problems and reforms -- Japan and the West -- Treaties and politics, 1853-1860 -- The fall of the Tokugawa, 1860-1868 -- New men and new methods, 1868-1873 -- Government and politics, 1873-1894 -- Modernization, 1873-1894 -- Nationalism and foreign affairs, 1890-1904 -- The end of an era -- Japan becomes a world power, 1914 -1922 -- The liberal 'twenties -- Patriots and soldiers, 1930-1941 -- An empire won and lost, 1937-1945 -- Reform and rehabilitation, 1945-1962.
Subjects: 1800-1999
Japan History. History.
Politics. Government.
19th Century. 20th Century.
Political science. Japan History. Japan History 19th century. Japan History 20th century. Japan Politics and government 1600-1868.
Price: €12.95