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The modernization of China and Japan.

Title
The modernization of China and Japan.
Author
Beckmann, George M.
Publication
New York, Harper & Row [1962]

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Description
724 pages illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Honʼyaku iin shachū Japan
  • 1868-1945
  • Civilization
  • Modernisierung
  • Vernieuwing
  • Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling
  • China > Civilization
  • Japan > Civilization > 1868-1945
  • Japan > Civilization
  • China
  • Japan
  • China
  • Chine > Civilisation
  • Japon > Civilisation
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 645-648) and indexes.
Contents
The traditional society of China: The origins of Chinese civilization ; The development of imperial China ; The Manchu conquest and the coming of the West -- The traditional society of Japan: The origins of Japanese civilization ; Japanese feudalism to 1603 ; The Tokugawa shogunate ; Forces for change -- The beginnings of modernization in China: Western imperialism and dynastic decline ; The Taiping rebellion and second treaty settlement ; Confucianism and modernization, 1861-1894 ; The impact of imperialism on China ; Reform, revolution, rebellion, 1895-1901 ; Reform and revolution, 1902-1912 ; Yuan Shih-k'ai and the failure of the republic -- The beginnings of modernization in Japan: The restoration of imperial rule ; The abolition of feudalism ; The emergence of factional struggles ; Political parties and the constitutional struggle ; Japanese expansion in Asia ; Industrialization and political development ; World War I and Japan ; The aftermath of World War I in Japan -- China in transformation: The Nationalist revolution, 1920-1928 ; China under Chiang K'ai-shek, 1928-1937 ; China at war, 1937-1945 ; China after World War II -- Japan in transformation: Party government in Japan ; The triumph of Japanese militarism ; The road to war ; Japan after World War II -- Appendix 1. Constitution of the empire of Japan (1889) -- Appendix 2. Manifesto of the First National Kuomintang Congress (January 30, 1924) -- Appendix 3. Common Program of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (September 29, 1949) -- The Constitution of Japan (1946).
LCCN
62016641
OCLC
  • ocm00411095
  • 411095
  • SCSB-77231
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library