Japan: The Intellectual Foundations of Modern Japanese Politics

by Tetsuo Najita

Overview

Historians have long been aware of the richness and complexity of the intellectual history of modern Japanese politics. Najita's study, however, is the first in a Western language to present a consistent and broad synthesis of this subject. Najita elucidates the political dynamics of the past two hundred years of Japanese history by focusing on the interplay of restorationism and bureaucratism within the context of Japan's modern revolution, the Meiji Restoration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226665955
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	12/09/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Tetsuo Najita, professor of history at the University of Chicago, is the author of Hara Kei in the Politics of Compromise, 1905-1915. He was awarded the John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History in 1969 by the American Historical Association and has written extensively on East Asian History.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction: A Perspective on Modern Japan
2. The Tokugawa Bureaucratic Legacy
3. Restorationism in Late Tokugawa
4. The Meiji Quest for Constitutional and Ideological Certitude
5. Political Change and Protest in the Early Twentieth Century
6. Epilogue: Japan Beyond Restoration
Index