In 1868, samurai radicals overthrew the last shogun in the name of ancient Japanese ways. Then they took an opposite course, building a modern Japanese state with the help of Western advisors. This book explains the paradox of the Meiji Restoration: revering the ancient past while embracing the foreign and new.
In 1868, samurai radicals overthrew the last shogun in the name of ancient Japanese ways. Then they took an opposite course, building a modern Japanese state with the help of Western advisors. This book explains the paradox of the Meiji Restoration: revering the ancient past while embracing the foreign and new.
Mark Ravina is Professor of History at Emory University and author of Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan (Stanford) and The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori (Wiley).
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Acknowledgments Note to Reader Introduction Chapter 1: An Almost Perpetual Peace Chapter 2: The Crisis of Imperialism Chapter 3: Reform and Revolution Chapter 4: A Newly Ancient Japan Chapter 5: The Impatient Nation Chapter 6: The Prudent Empire Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Note to Reader Introduction Chapter 1: An Almost Perpetual Peace Chapter 2: The Crisis of Imperialism Chapter 3: Reform and Revolution Chapter 4: A Newly Ancient Japan Chapter 5: The Impatient Nation Chapter 6: The Prudent Empire Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
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