Rise of Modern Japan: Political, Economic and Social Change Since 1850 - Hardcover

Beasley, W. G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0297646478 ISBN 13: 9780297646471

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, 1604

Synopsis

This book covers the history of Japan from the mid-19th century up to the present day. It charts the spectacular rise of a society which leapt in little more than a generation from late feudal to early industrial forms of organisation – an exceptionally disturbing experience for the Japanese as they left behind the traditional and Asian and moved towards the modern and Western. It examines the violent thirties and an Empire won and lost between 1937 and 1945, and investigates the major changes after 1945, including the astonishing economic growth achieved since the 1950s.

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About the Author

W. G. Beasley is Emeritus Professor of the History of the Far East at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

From Library Journal

Beasley, Emeritus Professor of the History of the Far East at the University of London, first published The Modern History of Japan in 1963. The book went through several revisions and has been considered a standard work on its subject. When the author undertook yet another revision of the book in 1987, he discovered that he had altered his original volume to the extent that the new work, reviewed here, deserved a new title. Like its predecessor, this is a survey of modern Japanese history from its origins in the Tokugawa period to the present, bringing the story up through the death of Hirohito and the Recruit-Cosmos scandal in Japanese politics in the early part of 1989. While there is nothing astoundingly new in interpretation here, the book utilizes the most recent scholarship in the field and is good, solid history. Highly recommended for readers looking for a concise, well-written history of modern Japan. --Scott Wright, Coll. of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd
• Publication date: 1604
• ISBN 10: 0297646478
• ISBN 13: 9780297646471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3