The Modern History Of Japan
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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From the twilight of the Tokugawa shogunate to the turbulent decades of the twentieth century, The Modern History of Japan by W.G. Beasley presents a masterful and authoritative chronicle of one of the world's most remarkable national transformations. With scholarly precision and narrative clarity, Beasley traces Japan's extraordinary journey from an isolated feudal society to a formidable industrial and military power, detailing the sweeping political, economic, and social forces that reshaped the nation across two centuries. Beasley, one of the foremost Western scholars of Japanese history, argues with compelling authority that Japan's modernisation was neither inevitable nor accidental, but the result of fierce internal debates, calculated political manoeuvring, and a unique capacity to absorb and adapt foreign influences. His prose is measured yet engaging, illuminating the Meiji Restoration, the rise of imperial nationalism, and the catastrophic consequences of wartime ambition with equal rigour. A cornerstone of the field since its first publication and refined further in this second edition, this work remains an indispensable starting point for anyone seeking to understand the complex forces that made modern Japan — and left its story far from finished.
Author: W.G. Beasley
Format: Paperback
Genre: Asian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the twilight of the Tokugawa shogunate to the turbulent decades of the twentieth century, The Modern History of Japan by W.G. Beasley presents a masterful and authoritative chronicle of one of the world's most remarkable national transformations. With scholarly precision and narrative clarity, Beasley traces Japan's extraordinary journey from an isolated feudal society to a formidable industrial and military power, detailing the sweeping political, economic, and social forces that reshaped the nation across two centuries. Beasley, one of the foremost Western scholars of Japanese history, argues with compelling authority that Japan's modernisation was neither inevitable nor accidental, but the result of fierce internal debates, calculated political manoeuvring, and a unique capacity to absorb and adapt foreign influences. His prose is measured yet engaging, illuminating the Meiji Restoration, the rise of imperial nationalism, and the catastrophic consequences of wartime ambition with equal rigour. A cornerstone of the field since its first publication and refined further in this second edition, this work remains an indispensable starting point for anyone seeking to understand the complex forces that made modern Japan — and left its story far from finished.