Empire and constitution in modern Japan : why could war with China not be prevented?
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Empire and constitution in modern Japan : why could war with China not be prevented?
(SOAS studies in modern and contemporary Japan)
Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, c2021
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帝国と立憲 : 日中戦争はなぜ防げなかったのか
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Translated from the Japanese
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Since the beginning of the Meiji period when Japan evolved into a modern and powerful nation-state, ideas of empire and constitution imbued Japanese rule and progress. In Empire and Constitution in Modern Japan, Junji Banno expertly analyses how these conflicting concepts operated together in Japan from 1868 until 1937.
By 'empire', Banno means the Japanese impetus to create its own empire; by 'constitution', he identifies Japanese efforts to create a constitutional government. In this book, Banno discusses the complicated relationship between these two concepts, ranging from incompatibility in some periods to symbiosis in others. Furthermore, understanding the complex and competing nature of these ideals, he persuasively reasons, is key to our understanding of why Japan and China went to war in 1937, leading to Pearl Harbor just four years later.
Translated by eminent scholar Arthur Stockwin, Banno's highly accessible account of the dynamics of pre-war Japanese political history provides an engaging survey of imperialism and constitutionalism in modern Japan. It will be of vital importance to all scholars of modern Japanese history.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part I. The Beginnings of 'Empire' and 'Constitution': 1874 - 1895
1. Beating China: Towards a 'Small Empire' -- The Taiwan Expedition
2. Demanding a Constitutional System of Government
3. The Imo (Jingo) and Kapsin (Koshin) Incidents: 'Empire' Once Again
4. The Sino-Japanese War: The Birth of 'Empire' and the Consolidation of 'Constitution'
Part II. The Division between 'Empire' and the Consolidation of 'Constitution'
5. Strong Army and War Weariness: 'Empire' and 'Constitution' before the Russo-Japanese War
6. From the Russo-Japanese War to the First World War: Struggle between 'Empire' and 'Constitution'
7. From the Taisho Political Change to the Siemens Affair: Stagnation of 'Empire' and Surge of 'Constitution'
8. The Twenty-One Demands to China: 'Constitution' Domesticity, 'Empire' Externally
Part III. The End of 'Constitution' and 'Empire': 1918-1937
9. What Happened between the Two World Wars?
10. Three Episodes between the Two World Wars
Conclusion: Irresponsible 'Empire' without 'Constitution'
Bibliography
Index
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