Author:
Hanneman, Mary.
Imprint:New York : Routledge, c2001, 2013.
Descriptionxv, 170 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction to the Series; Author's Acknowledgements; Publisher's Acknowledgements; Chronology; Maps; PART ONE: INTRODUCTION; 1. BACKGROUND AND HISTORIOGRAPHY; Historiographical Overview of Modern Japan; PART TWO: ANALYSIS; 2. JAPAN IN 1925: A SOCIETY IN FLUX; Industrialization and Urbanization; Labor Unrest; Urban Culture; Rural Japan; Agricultural Life; Tenant Problems; 3. DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TENSIONS, 1925-30; Universal Manhood Suffrage and the Peace Preservation Law; China Problems; Army Insubordination: The Assassination of Zhang Zuolin; Naval Arms Limitation Talks; 4. JAPAN'S 'MISSION IN ASIA'; Economic Depression; Manchurian Incident; Ultra-Nationalism; Government Repression; The 'Showa Restoration'; 5. THE ROAD TO WAR; War with China; Tightening Control; Friction with the United States; 6. JAPAN GOES TO WAR; The Failure of Diplomacy; War; Japan on the Defensive; The Home Front; The End in Sight; 7. THE ALLIED OCCUPATION; First Steps; Demilitarization; Political Reform; Social Reform; Economic Reform; Reverse Course; Peace and Security; PART THREE: ASSESSMENT. 8. TAKING ADVANTAGE OF DEFEAT: JAPAN IN THE POSTWAR ERA; Japan in 1952: Postwar Society and Culture; Assessment of War Issues; Japan's Postwar Challenges; PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS; Glossary; Who's Who; Bibliography; Index.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
