02759nam 2200577Ia 450 991078372660332120230927125657.01-134-40407-70-203-35252-11-280-05892-70-203-51071-2(CKB)1000000000247678(EBL)180917(OCoLC)437084182(SSID)ssj0000288590(PQKBManifestationID)11211024(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288590(PQKBWorkID)10382768(PQKB)11524625(MiAaPQ)EBC180917(Au-PeEL)EBL180917(CaPaEBR)ebr10097319(CaONFJC)MIL5892(EXLCZ)99100000000024767820021115d2003 uy 0engur|||---|||||txtccrAlternative narratives in modern Japanese history[electronic resource] /M. William SteeleLondon ;New York RoutledgeCurzon20031 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-56060-8 0-415-30570-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-208) and index.Cover; ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES IN MODERN JAPANESE HISTORY; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES, GRAPHS AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 GOEMON'S NEW WORLD VIEW; 2 THE JAPANESE DISCOVERY OF JAPAN; 3 THE VILLAGE ELITE IN THE RESTORATION DRAMA; 4 EVERYDAY POLITICS IN RESTORATION PERIOD JAPAN; 5 EDO IN 1868; 6 THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN'S CIVIL WAR; 7 THE EMPEROR'S NEW FOOD; 8 POLITICAL LOCALISM IN MEIJI JAPAN; 9 1890: Peripheral visions; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXHow did ordinary people experience Japan's modern transformation? What role did people in local areas play in the making of modern Japan? How do studies of local politics help explain national events?The dominant account of modern Japanese history focuses on the nation-building that brought Japan into the modern world. After centuries of isolation, American warships forced Japan to open its doors to the West and a group of tough new leaders transformed the country into one of the great military and economic powers of the world. But different perspectives need to be examined. AlternativJapanHistoryRestoration, 1853-1870952.025952/.02515.75bclSteele M. William1947-1147626MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783726603321Alternative narratives in modern Japanese history3773228UNINA