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Jansen / Rozman Japan in Transition
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-5430-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
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From Tokugawa to Meiji
E-Book, Englisch, 500 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5430-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
In this book social scientists scrutinize the middle decades of the nineteenth century in Japan. That scrutiny is important and overdue, for the period from the 1850s to the 1880s has usually been treated in terms of politics and foreign relations. Yet those decades were also of pivotal importance in Japan's institutional modernization. As the Japanese entered the world order, they experienced a massive introduction of Western-style organizations. Sweeping reforms, without the class violence or the Utopian appeal of revolution, created the foundation for a modern society. The Meiji Restoration introduced a political transformation, but these chapters address the more gradual social transition.
Originally published in 1986.
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FrontMatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. v
FIGURES AND MAPS, pg. vii
TABLES, pg. viii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi
1. Overview, pg. 1
1. Introduction o Part One, pg. 29
2. The Central Government, pg. 36
3. The Ruling Class, pg. 68
4. From Domain to Prefecture, pg. 91
5. Local Administration: The Example of Awa-Tokushima, pg. 111
Introduction to Part Two, pg. 133
6. Buddhism: The Threat of Eradication, pg. 143
7. The Military, pg. 168
8. Education: From One Room to One System, pg. 195
9. The Press, pg. 231
10. Shipping: From Sail to Steam, pg. 248
Introduction to Part Three, pg. 273
11. Population Changes, pg. 280
12. Castle Towns in Transition, pg. 318
13. The Edo-Tokyo Transition: In Search of Common Ground, pg. 347
Introduction to Part Four, pg. 377
14. The Meiji Land Tax Reform and its Effects, pg. 382
15. The Rural Economy: Commercial Agriculture, Byemployment, and Wage Work, pg. 400
16. Grain Consumption: The Case of Choshu, pg. 421
17. The Material Culture: Stability in Transition, pg. 447
About the Contributors, pg. 471
Index, pg. 475
