From tokugawa times to the present by andrew gordon modern japan. Employing a wide range of primary source materials, modern japan. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It offers links to a wide array of documentary sources either referenced in the. Gordon history harvard chronicles japanese social evolution during two dynasties, the tokugawa and the meiji. This impulse reflected their insecurity over japan s ability to survive in a hostile international. Japan s ancient age was a period of radical and political change during which a chinesestyle empire emerged. Mcclains book begins well before the modern japan of the 19th century, with light treatment of the countrys naiyu, gaikan premeiji era saying, troubles at home and abroad.
There is a curious tension in japans foreign relations. Gordon convincingly situates japan on the stage of international history as a nation whose past must be understood to comprehend the history of the modern world. A historical survey by mikiso hane japan faces the world, 19251952 by mary l. International scientific, technological and cultural interaction, world war ii, japanese contributions to global culture featured. It has the perfect combination of toprate scholarship, readability, and length. From tokugawa times to the present, fourth edition, paints a richly nuanced and strikingly original portrait of the last two centuries of japanese history. Nevertheless, some of the grammar and expressions in the book are somewhat anachronistic. A study in the history of japan with special reference to her international relations with china, korea, and russia vol. From tokugawa times to the present, by andrew gordon, is an interesting text on japanese history, politics, economics and culture from the 1600s to 2000. It takes students from the days of the shogunate the feudal overlordship of the tokugawa family through the modernizing revolution launched by midlevel samurai in the late nineteenth century. A concise history of japan to this day, japans modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. No more than three absences will be permitted for recitation without medical documentation. A later chinese work of history, the wei zhi, states that by 240 ad, one powerful kingdom had gained ascendancy over the others.
The occasion was the final lecture of my debut performance teaching mod. Japan under the shoguns 1 looks at the main events and people that shaped shogunate japan. A history of japanese buddhism xii japanese calendar since the 1 january 1873, japan has used the gregorian calendar. This book is intended for undergraduates studying japanese history, and for the serious reader wishing to read an account of japans past. These include fighting between different noble clans and warring states and. Inmodern japan, james huffman tells the rich and dynamic story of this history through a fascinating range of primary source documents. A picture essay highlights the tumultuous decade and a half following the. From tokugawa times to the present this site is designed for instructors and students in courses on japan, and for general readers.
A modern history of japan, 3rd edition welcome to oxfords companion web site for the third edition of a modern history of japan. The rapid modernization that followed is unrivaled in the history of nonwestern nations, and its consequences are still being felt in japan and east asia today. From the opening of the country in 1859, not just commodities and. The work is permeated with a sense of bixs righteous. At the same time many japanese companies, which continue to make worldclass products, are posting record profits, and through the 1990s recession japan enjoyed huge trade surpluses. Nearly all trade and contact between japan and foreign nations was closed down. Required reading available for purchase at andrew gordon, a modern history of japan, second edition oxford, 2009. This book is called a modern history of japan in order to shift the balance between japaneseness and modernity. From tokugawa times to the present, second edition, paints a richly nuanced and strikingly original portrait of the last two centuries of japanese history. The japanese were able to produce their own unique culture during the period of isolation when they avoided being colonized by the advanced nations of the west. Sometimes for better and sometimes for worse, ideas, events, material goods. Japan s achievement is explained not merely in economic terms, but at a more fundamental level, as a product of historical patterns of. Media in category books from japan pdf files the following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total.
It takes students from the days of the shogunatethe feudal overlordship of the tokugawa familythrough the modernizing revolution launched by midlevel samurai in the late nineteenth century. The history of japan covers japan and its relation to the world. Reviewed by david howell princeton university ive been accused of hating japan just once, more than a dozen years ago. A history of japan, 15821941 internal and external worlds this book offers a distinctive overview of the internal and external pressures responsible for the making of modern japan.
Japans achievement is explained not merely in economic terms, but at a more fundamental level, as a product of historical patterns of. This period saw growing urbanization, the spread of popular education and the rise of the merchant class. Dejima, the dutch trading post, in nagasaki bayfrom the 1630s, the ruling tokugawa shoguns shut japan down for more than 200 years. In the tradition of jonathan spences the search for modern china, an authoritative, comprehensive, uptodate modern history of japan. This site is designed for instructors and students in courses on japan, and for general readers. Japans lost decades, why jobs and families are less stable, environmental policies, immigration, the aging society, the us alliance, the imperial family, and the yakuza criminal gangs. A basrelief at wat phnom depicts thailands cession in 1907 kenneth t so, a khmer living in the united states, offers a view of.
The modern history of japan is the history of modernity. A modern history of japan from tokugawa times to the present by andrew gordon. Many in the region still remember japans wartime aggression. In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines japanese history in its entirety to identify the factors underlying the nations progression to superpower status. Origins and history of the japanese ryokan the japanese ryokan embodies many of the best elements from the japan of olden times, such as culture, technology, art, and customs. A picture essay is dedicated to the tumultuous decade and a half following the arrival of commodore matthew perry and the u. From tokugawa times to the present, third edition, paints a richly nuanced and strikingly original portrait of the last two centuries of japanese history. Ryokans are the place to go to experience the lifestyle treasured and handed down by the japanese people. A history of modern japan dates back to 1960, but taken in the context of a 1,500 yearold civilization and culture fifty years is a negligible interlude. Postwar japan as history university of california press, 1993. A concise history with a textbook tone, covering japanese civilization from about 1600. These include fighting between different noble clans and warring states and the life of tokugawa leyasu. Its purpose is to take a broad view, chronologically and thematically, of trends in japanese history, and to integrate into a single interconnected narra.
As a leading scholar on japanese labor history, gordon provides insightful details from the perspective of ordinary japanese, particularly the hardships, opportunities and resistance from workers and other nonelites during japan s. This volume of the cambridge history of japan spans the beginnings of human existence to the end of the eighth century, focusing on the thousand years between 300 bc and 784, the end of the fabulous nara period. In the early institutions of higher education, classes were carried out in foreign language by these foreign professors. Since the adoption of the gregorian calendar, three different systems for counting years have or had been used in japan. In the history of the region the pacific war did not end so long ago, certainly not long enough for fundamental cultural change to take. In other words, the modern history of japan has been inseparable from a larger modern history of the world. The background it was in the interwar period that japans economic and social history established itself as a modern academic discipline, but its origins may be traced back to the late nineteenth century. They used the trading post of dejima, built in the bay of nagasaki, from 1641 until 1853. A variety of diary entries, letters, legal documents, and poems brings to life the early modern years, when japan largely shut itself off from the outside world. Japans ancient age was a period of radical and political change during which a chinesestyle empire emerged. History of economic and social history in japan ver3.
An introduction to the history of japan by katsuro hara. Prior to that a lunisolar calendar was in use, similar to that used in china. Since the adoption of the gregorian calendar, three different systems for. Language and landscape in the japanese cinema, 19311945. The jomon period, named after its cordmarked pottery, was followed by the yayoi in the first millennium bc when new technologies were. Noell wilson, university of mississippi a modern history of japan remains the best text for an introductory course on modern japanese history. From tokugawa times to the present, andrew gordon paints a richly nuanced and strikingly original portrait of the last two centuries of japanese history. It shows the evolution of what was once a very divided set of daimyo lands, under the tutelage of a puppet emperor and a powerful shogun ruler. Japan 1 has been written to support years 710 secondary school students, specifically those with lowlevel literacy skills. Japan s lost decades, why jobs and families are less stable, environmental policies, immigration, the aging society, the us alliance, the imperial family, and the yakuza criminal gangs. Few foreign visitors were allowed in and no japanese were allowed out. Welcome to oxfords companion web site for the third edition of a modern history of japan. Historical overview the modern history of japan is the history of modernity. From the middle of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, japanese leaders and thinkers were preoccupied with fashioning a state that could compete with the western powers.
For this reason, a central theme of this book must be connectivity. A brief history with documents and essays bedford, 1999. Andrew gordon, a modern history of japan, second edition oxford, 2009. Modern history of japan the dutch were the only western nation to be allowed to trade with japan during the edo period. Modern history of japan qfiles the online library of. Japan in the sixth century through the eurasian continent. This book offers a distinctive overview of the internal and external pres sures responsible for the making of modern japan. Students will hopefully gain a solid understanding of the history of modern japan in addition to a more critical perspective on how our understanding of that history has been shaped.
Unlike the khmer people, who are native to southeast asia, the thai were emigrants from china. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. The earliest written work of history to mention japan, the book of han completed around 82 ad, states that japan, referred to as wa, was divided into one hundred kingdoms. A modern history of japan is the best textbook available for courses on modern japan and imperial japan. The history of japans educational development and skills, employed many foreign specialist teachers while paying them exceptionally high salaries. Aug 24, 2011 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.
Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. In the past 1,600 years, those eastern civilizations were integrated in japan with the indigenous civilization. Authoritative coverage of japanese history over the last two decades, one of the countrys most tumultuous periods. Mcclain can be done effortlessly by downloading in the link page that we provide right here. Many educational institutions existed in japan even in the feudal period preceding the meiji restoration of 1868, a number of which had been subjected to chinese cultural influences since ancient times. In a brilliant history of japan drawn from the top down and the bottom up, one of our best young historians conveys the turbulent political, economic, and social change that over four centuries positioned japan as a modern world power. It is characterized by isolationistic, semiopen and expansionistic periods the very first human habitation in the japanese archipelago has been traced to prehistoric times around 30,000 bc. Slk publication vietnamese hidden faces behind the killing fieldsvietnamese hidden faces behind the killing fields khmer freedoms distribution, kfd 2006 part 1 4 photo. History lesson must be taught to don pramudwinai, the thai foreign ministry spokesman reported in the thai newspaper the nation of july 23 as saying that siem reap, battambang, and sisophon belonged to thailand.
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