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The meiji restoration / William G. Beasley

Tác giả : William G. Beasley

Nhà xuất bản : Stanford University Press

Năm xuất bản : 1973

Nơi xuất bản : Stanford

Mô tả vật lý : vi, 513 p. : map ; 24cm

Số phân loại : 952.031

Chủ đề : 1. Japan -- Restoration -- History -- 1853-1870. 2. Lịch sử Nhật Bản. 3. Vương triều Minh Trị (Nhật Bản).

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This book seems to me the best book on the topic. It tells you why and how the revolution took place in Japan in the mid 19th century. It doesn't compare different ways of modernizing but tells the story from the Japanese side only. By this revolution Japan became a modern industrialized state. Beasley explains also why it isn't called a revolution but a restauration. The book starts with the problems Japan was facing round 1850 and the different ways different classes reacted on these problems. It also pointed out in which way the West influenced the internal and foreign policies of the Bakufu and their advisaries. The revolution from above was followed by anarchy from below. After beating the power of those anarchists the upperclass lost their power to middle-grade samurai. The reason for this were the emotions the anarchists unleased in the people of Japan. All this was disguised by a formal appeal to the Emperor, who was in the end "restored" to his power. In reality a group of lower samurai sized power in name of the emperor. Beasley explaines why they used traditional ways to introduce a new kind of governement. The book is well written in a clear style. Beasley knows what he is talking about and knows well to tell a story. His explanation why things went this way is convincing. A great book about a difficult topic.

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