The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationA full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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Page 37
... Meiji state The Meiji oligarchy that took control in 1868 , largely as a result of this foreign intervention , was obsessed with creating a strong state . Within three years of the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate it had abolished ...
... Meiji state The Meiji oligarchy that took control in 1868 , largely as a result of this foreign intervention , was obsessed with creating a strong state . Within three years of the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate it had abolished ...
Page 182
... Meiji Restoration , the posture of leniency was given a clear political purpose . Most major figures in the Meiji oligarchy accepted the necessity for occasional accommodation of the public's wishes . Even Yamagata Aritomo , the arch ...
... Meiji Restoration , the posture of leniency was given a clear political purpose . Most major figures in the Meiji oligarchy accepted the necessity for occasional accommodation of the public's wishes . Even Yamagata Aritomo , the arch ...
Page 208
... Meiji oligarchy to include a constitution and legal codes in its overloaded agenda for catching up with the West was the refusal of foreigners to submit themselves to Japanese jurisdiction in the treaty ports . An almost undisguised ...
... Meiji oligarchy to include a constitution and legal codes in its overloaded agenda for catching up with the West was the refusal of foreigners to submit themselves to Japanese jurisdiction in the treaty ports . An almost undisguised ...
Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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