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The Making of Modern Japan (Paperback, Revised)
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The Making of Modern Japan (Paperback, Revised)
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Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work
presents a seamless account of Japanese society during the modern
era, from 1600 to the present. A distillation of more than fifty
years' engagement with Japan and its history, it is the crowning
work of our leading interpreter of the modern Japanese experience.
Since 1600 Japan has undergone three periods of wrenching social
and institutional change, following the imposition of hegemonic
order on feudal society by the Tokugawa shogun; the opening of
Japan's ports by Commodore Perry; and defeat in World War II. The
Making of Modern Japan charts these changes: the social engineering
begun with the founding of the shogunate in 1600, the emergence of
village and castle towns with consumer populations, and the
diffusion of samurai values in the culture. Marius Jansen covers
the making of the modern state, the adaptation of Western models,
growing international trade, the broadening opportunity in Japanese
society with industrialization, and the postwar occupation reforms
imposed by General MacArthur. Throughout, the book gives voice to
the individuals and views that have shaped the actions and beliefs
of the Japanese, with writers, artists, and thinkers, as well as
political leaders given their due. The story this book tells,
though marked by profound changes, is also one of remarkable
consistency, in which continuities outweigh upheavals in the
development of society, and successive waves of outside influence
have only served to strengthen a sense of what is unique and native
to Japanese experience. The Making of Modern Japan takes us to the
core of this experience as it illuminates one of the contemporary
world's most compelling transformations.
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