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Fifty Christian "Thoughts for the Day" originally broadcast on BBC
local Radio.
There were momentous events in Japan between 1853 and 1868. In just
fifteen years, a repressive feudal regime was transformed into an
embryonic democracy under the broadly benevolent eye of the young
Emperor Meiji. Over 260 years of rigid rule by hereditary Tokugawa
sh guns was swept aside, with trade as a mainspring of revolution.
But the transition was punctuated with dissent and deceit, murder
and mayhem. A young British businessman is murdered by samurai in
1862, and with the massive power of the Royal Navy, the British
government demands reparations. The bombardment that ensues has
far-reaching consequences, culminating in the defeat of the
shogun's forces and the restoration of the Emperor to power. Why?
How? Who? What happened - in detail? This book tells the whole
astonishing sequence of events, with comprehensive notes on the
history, culture, politics and mindset of the Japanese at that
time, and discussion of British governmental and naval records and
policies.
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