Year: 2009
Author: Goto-Jones, Christopher
Genre: History of New and Newest Time / History of Japan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-019-923569-8
Series: Very Short Introduction
English language
Format: PDF
Number of Pages: 159

Japan today is perhaps the country with the most successful industrial economy, uniting almost unprecedented wealth with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products - from cinema and computer games to cars, semiconductors and management techniques, are in demand all over the world. Reflecting the picture of the modern world, Japan at the same time remains somewhat mysterious for many, seeing in it an intricate collage of borrowed and original, ancient and ultra-modern. This book destroys myths and explores the reality of modern Japan, offers a brief excursion into its history, economy, politics, and the culture of this nation. The period of pre- and post-war Japan is considered.

Contents
Acknowledgements and conventions............................................... ix
List of illustrations..........................................................................xi
Introduction: what’s modern about modern Japan?.......................... 1
1 Japan’s encounter with the modern world......................................14
2 Imperial revolution: embracing modernity.................................... 42
3 Overcoming and overcome by modernity: Japan at war................. 62
4 Economic miracles and the making of a postmodern society........... 89
5 Overcoming denial: contemporary Japan’s quest for normalcy........ 124
Epilogue: Japan in the 21st century................................................. 140
Further reading............................................................................. 151
Index........................................................................................... 155

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