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The Meiji Restoration: Japan as a Global Nation

By Robert Hellyer , Harald Fuess

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781108478052, 9781108775762
ASIN
B084SDVNDC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3479216 bytes)
Pages
300\301
Topic
History
Time added
2020-11-18 07:21:01

Description

In world history, the Meiji Restoration of 1868 ranks as a revolutionary watershed, on a par with the American and French Revolutions. In this volume, leading historians from North America, Europe, and Japan employ global history in novel ways to offer fresh economic, social, political, cultural, and military perspectives on the Meiji Restoration and the subsequent creation of the modern Japanese nation-state. Seamlessly mixing meta- and micro-history, the authors examine how the Japanese state and Japanese people engaged with global trends of the early nineteenth century. They also explore the internal military conflicts that marked the 1860s and the process of reconciliation after 1868. They conclude with discussions of how new political, cultural, and diplomatic institutions were created as Japan emerged as a global nation, defined in multiple ways by its place in the world.

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