Japan and the shackles of the past /
"A penetrating overview of Japan, from a historical, social, political, economic, and cultural perspective"--
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Does Japan Still Matter?
- Part One. Past
- Japan Before the Edo Period
- The Incubation of the Modern Japanese State
- Restoration to Occupation
- Appendix: The Meiji Leaders
- The Miracle
- The Institutions of High-speed Growth
- Consequences (Intended and Otherwise)
- Part Two. Present
- Economy and Finance
- Business
- Social and Cultural Change
- Politics
- Appendix: Important Political Figures of Postwar Japan
- Japan and the World.
