A thoughtful and richly detailed survey of modern Japanese history from the Tokugawa period to the present.

Table of Contents

• A Note on Japanese and Chinese Names
• Preface
• 1 Japan Before the Seventeenth Century
• 2 Establishment of the Tokugawa Bakufu
• 3 The Late Tokugawa Period
• 4 The Fall of the Tokugawa Bakufu
• 5 The Meiji Restoration: The New Order
• 6 The Continuing Meiji Revolution (I): Political Developments
• 7 The Continuing Meiji Revolution (II): Cultural, Economic, and Social Developments
• 8 Political Developments in Later Meiji
• 9 The Conclusion of the Meiji Era
• 10 The Era of Parliamentary Ascendancy (I)
• 11 The Era of Parliamentary Ascendancy (II)
• 12 The Ascendancy of Militarism
• 13 The Road to War
• 14 War and Defeat
• 15 The Postwar Years (I): Reform and Reconstruction
• 16 The Postwar Years (II): Political Developments After Independence
• 17 Social and Educational Developments
• 18 Cultural Developments
• Appendix A: The Internet
• Appendix B: Chronological Chart
• Appendix C: List of Prime Ministers
• Selected Bibliography