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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 nation's progression to superpower status. Japan's achievement is explained not merely in economic terms, but at a more fundamental level, as a product of historical patterns of response to circumstance. Japan is shown to be a nation historically impelled by a pragmatic determination to succeed. The book also highlights unresolved questions and little-known facts.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Preface to Second Edition
- Introduction: Japan and History
- Part One: From the Stone Age to Statehood: Myths, Prehistory and Ancient History (to 710)
- Part Two: Of Courtiers and Warriors: Early and Medieval History (710–1600)
- Part Three: The Closed Country: The Tokugawa Period (1600–1868)
- Part Four: Building a Modern Nation: The Meiji Period (1868–1912)
- Part Five: The Excesses of Ambition: The Pacific War and its Lead-Up
- Part Six: A Phoenix from the Ashes: Postwar Successes and Beyond
- Conclusion: Lessons for Aspiring Superpowers
- Notes
- References
- Glossary of Japanese Terms
- Index