The Meiji Restoration
Beasley, W. G.
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1ST 1972 Hardback Stanford/ Oxford; In price-clipped dustwrapper No stamps or inscriptions; clean condition; slight losses and mottling to jacket spine otherwise very good copy with strong binding, no notes and little wear to boards with bright gilt titles to book spine. Seller Inventory # mon0000337268
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Meiji Restoration
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good
About this title
For Japan, the Meiji Restoration of 1868 has something of the significance that the French Revolution has for France: it is the point from which modern history begins. In this now classic work of Japanese history, the late W. G. Beasley offers a comprehensive account of the origins, development, and immediate aftermath of the events that restored Imperial rule to Japan. He makes the case that the origins of the Meiji Restoration are not found in economic distress or class struggle, but in a growing sense of national danger and national pride spurred by Japan's contacts with the West. Nationalism provided the impetus for overthrowing the Tokugawa military government and reuniting Japan under the Emperor Meiji. Only when the Tokugawa were gone did their successors turn, of necessity, to the making of modern Japan, seeking strength and stability in new social patterns.
Originally published in 1972, this new paperback edition contains a foreword written by Michael R. Auslin that celebrates Beasley's legacy.
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