Japan's Emergence as a Modern State - 60th anniv. ed.
Political and Economic Problems of the Meiji Period
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774841870
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $99.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774808231
- Publish Date
- Sep 2000
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- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774808224
- Publish Date
- Sep 2000
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- $77.00
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Originally published in 1940 by the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR), this classic work by a leading 20th-century Japanologist has an enduring value. Japan's Emergence as a Modern State examines the problems and accomplishments of the Meiji period (1868-1912).
This edition includes forewords by: R. Gordon Robertson, a former member of the Canadian Department of External Affairs; Len Edwards, the present Canadian ambassador to Japan; and William L. Holland, former secretary-general of the IPR; as well as a preface and introduction by Lawrence Woods. Also included are 10 short essays by leading Canadian, Japanese, and American scholars of Japanese politics, history, and economics,
About the authors
Contributor Notes
E. Herbert Norman (1909-57) joined the Canadian Department of External Affairs after his studies and was posted to Japan in 1940-42. In 1946 he returned as part of the Allied occupation team. Accused of Communist sympathies and hounded by Joseph McCarthy, he committed suicide while posted as ambassador to Egypt. Lawrence T. Woods (editor) teaches international studies at the University of Northern British Columbia.
