Description
| Product ID: | 9780198205890 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Pursuit of Power in Modern Japan 1825-1995 |
| Authors: | Author: Chushichi Tsuzuki |
| Page Count: | 562 |
| Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, History, History, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Japan, c 1800 to c 1900, 20th century |
| Description: | This new history of modern Japan covers its remarkable transformation from a small country on the fringe of international politics to the major world power it is today. Professor Tsuzuki traces Japan's pursuit of power, first by military and then by economic means, in a fascinating and original history of the fastest-growing economic power of the twentieth century. This new history of modern Japan covers its remarkable transformation from a small country on the fringe of international politics to the major world power it is today. Professor Tsuzuki traces Japan''s pursuit of power, first by military and then by economic means, from her attempts to replace China at the centre of the Confucian Middle Kingdom; through the Meiji nationalist response to the inroads of nineteenth century western imperialism; and on to the post-war USJapanese alliance powering the economic miracle of the last half of the twentieth century. He examines Japan''s political, intellectual, and industrial development throughout the last two centuries, with special attention to the wars that were fought, and argues that the history of Japan''s modernization was closely linked to the growth of Japan''s own imperialism. Tsuzuki goes on to reveal how some of the factors which contributed to remaking Japan as an economic giant have also been responsible for her recent economic and political difficulties. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-04-13 |