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 303
... Meiji period and later could be held responsible neither for misdeeds nor for flagrant misgovernment . The grave dangers of this tradition for the nation ( and other nations ) was amply demonstrated in the first half of the twentieth ...
... Meiji period and later could be held responsible neither for misdeeds nor for flagrant misgovernment . The grave dangers of this tradition for the nation ( and other nations ) was amply demonstrated in the first half of the twentieth ...
Page 376
... Meiji period was ' fukoku kyohei ' , ' rich country , strong military ' , and the response to the real or imaginary external threat was an effort to make Japan invincible . Industri- alisation at a furious tempo was taken for granted ...
... Meiji period was ' fukoku kyohei ' , ' rich country , strong military ' , and the response to the real or imaginary external threat was an effort to make Japan invincible . Industri- alisation at a furious tempo was taken for granted ...
Page 488
... Meiji Enlightenment , 259 Meiji period , 61 , 153 , 182 , 239 , 250 ; ' catching up ' , 376 ; and Christianity , 282 ; constitution , 38 , 208 , 209 , 228 , 302 ; corruption , 134 ; decline of Meiji state , 37-8 ; education , 93 ...
... Meiji Enlightenment , 259 Meiji period , 61 , 153 , 182 , 239 , 250 ; ' catching up ' , 376 ; and Christianity , 282 ; constitution , 38 , 208 , 209 , 228 , 302 ; corruption , 134 ; decline of Meiji state , 37-8 ; education , 93 ...
Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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