It is now generally recognized that Japan has been much the most successful of the countries outside Europe and North America in achieving modernization. The transformation from a feudal society with a Confucian ethic to a ‘modern, Western style economy’ is charted in this book which follows the political, economic and social changes from the decline of the Tokugawa in the 1860s all the way through to the death of Emperor Hirohito and the end of the Showa era in 1989.
| ISBN: | 9780415592604 |
| Publication date: | 9th September 2010 |
| Author: | William Beasley |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 318 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Japan |
| Genres: |
Regional / International studies Asian history |