Japan and the shackles of the past
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Japan and the shackles of the past
Oxford University Press, c2014
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"A penetrating overview of Japan, from a historical, social, political, economic, and cultural perspective"-- Provided by publisher
"Japan is one of the world's wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, and its rapid ascent to global power status after 1853 remains one of the most remarkable stories in modern world history. Yet it has not been an easy path; military catastrophe, political atrophy, and economic dysfunction have made regular appearances from the feudal era to the present. A quarter-century ago, Tokyo's stock exchange was even bigger than New York's, and the Japanese industrial juggernaut was thought to be unsurpassable. Now, Japan is seen as a has-been with a sluggish economy, an aging population, dysfunctional politics, and a business landscape dominated by yesterday's champions. Though it is supposed to be America's strongest ally in the Asia-Pacific region, it has almost entirely disappeared from the American radar screen. In Japan and the Shackles of the Past, R. Taggart Murphy places the current troubles of Japan in a sweeping historical context, moving deftly from early feudal times to the Tokagawa era an
Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-420) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction: Does Japan Still Matter?
- Part One. Past
- Japan Before the Edo Period
- The Incubation of the Modern Japanese State
- Restoration to Occupation
- Appendix: The Meiji Leaders
- The Miracle
- The Institutions of High-speed Growth
- Consequences (Intended and Otherwise)
- Part Two. Present
- Economy and Finance
- Business
- Social and Cultural Change
- Politics
- Appendix: Important Political Figures of Postwar Japan
- Japan and the World