M. William Steele

Alternative Narratives in Modern Japanese History (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Presenting a challenge to established views of modern Japanese history, the narratives presented here are based on a wide variety of materials and look at local initiatives, local experiences and new approaches to Japan's encounter with the West.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134404070
• Artikelnr.: 38401362

Autorenporträt

M. William Steele is Professor of History at the International Christian University in Tokyo. He has taught there for over 20 years. He has published widely in both English and Japanese on topics relating to Japan's cultural, political and social revolution in the late nineteenth century.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Illustrations
Introduction
1 Goemon's New World View
2 The Japanese Discovery of Japan
3 The Village Elite in the Restoration Drama
4 Everyday Politics in Restoration Period Japan
5 Edo in 1868
6 The United States and Japan's Civil War
7 The Emperor's New Food
8 Political Localism in Meiji Japan
9 Peripheral Visions.