An understanding of her recent history is crucial to any effective working relationship with contemporary Japan. This striking new Introduction will therefore be of interest and relevance to a much wider readership than the students of history for whom it is primarily designed. In it, Janet Hunter focuses on the years of 1853, when the outer world broke through Japan's long-standing self-imposed isolation, to 1952, when the postwar settlement and economic recovery set her family on the road to her present status as an economic superpower.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 Restoration and Occupation; Chapter 2 Japan and the West; Chapter 3 Japan and Asia; Chapter 4 Individual and Community; Chapter 5 Town and Country; Chapter 6 The Pattern of Industrial Development; Chapter 7 Men and Women; Chapter 8 Emperor and Nation; Chapter 9 Heterodoxy, Orthodoxy and Religious Practice; Chapter 10 Oligarchy and Democracy; Chapter 11 Popular Protest and the Working Class; Chapter 12 The Role of the Military; Chapter 13 Administration and Public Service; Chapter 14 Conclusion - 1950s to 1980s;
