Dilemmas of growth in prewar Japan / edited by James William Morley ; contributors, George M. Beckmann [and thirteen others].

Table of Contents: “…Nakano Seigo and the Spirit of the Meiji Restoration in Twentieth-Century Japan /…”
Full text (Emerson users only)

A life of Sir Harry Parkes : British Minister to Japan, China and Korea, 1865-1885 / by Robert Morton. by Morton, Robert, 1965-

Table of Contents: Full text (Emerson users only)

The Chinese and the Japanese : essays in political and cultural interactions / edited by Akira Iriye ; contributors Madeleine Chi [and fifteen others].

Table of Contents: “…The Reform Movement of 1898 and the Meiji Restoration as Ch'ing-i Movements --…”
Full text (Emerson users only)

W.G. Beasley - Collected Writings. by Beasley, W. G.

Table of Contents: “…Sir Henry Parkes and the Meiji Restoration; Notes; Part II: The Meiji Restoration; 5. …”
Full text (Emerson users only)

History of Japanese art / Penelope Mason ; revised by Donald Dinwiddie. by Mason, Penelope E., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…The birth of Japan: the neolithic Jōmon and the protohistoric Yayoi and Kofun periods -- Imperial models: the impact of China and Buddhism on Japan -- Capital of peace and tranquility: the Heian period and the coming age of a native aesthetic -- Changing of the guard: the rise of the samurai and the twilight of the imperial order -- Splendor regained: the creative revolution of the Momoyama and early Edo periods -- Pax Tokugawa: closed borders, official orthodoxy, and the inexorable rise of popular culture in the Edo period -- Forging a new identity: the Meiji restoration and Japan's entry into the modern world.…”

Events that changed the world in the nineteenth century / edited by Frank W. Thackeray & John E. Findling.

Table of Contents: “…Lensink -- The emancipation of the Russian serfs, 1861 / Bruce F. Adams -- The Meiji Restoration, 1868 / George M. Wilson -- The unification of Germany, 1871 / Eleanor L. …”

A. B. Mitford and the Birth of Japan As a Modern State : Letters Home. by Morton, Robert

Full text (Emerson users only)

Japan's foreign policy, 1945-2009 : the quest for a proactive policy / by Kazuhiko Togo. by Tōgō, Kazuhiko, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Glossary; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Maps; Prologue: From the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War; Chapter One. After the War: New Values and the Peace Treaty; Chapter Two. …”
Full text (Emerson users only)

Japan's foreign policy 1945-2003 : the quest for a proactive policy / Kazuhiko Togo. by Tōgō, Kazuhiko, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Glossary; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Maps; Prologue: From the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War; Chapter One. After the War: New Values and the Peace Treaty; Chapter Two. …”
Full text (Emerson users only)

Slurp! : a social and culinary history of ramen - Japan's favorite noodle soup / by Barak Kushner. by Kushner, Barak, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Noodles -- Court Food versus Common Food -- International Japan, Foreign Foods and Isolation -- Early Modern Noodles and the Myth of Ramen -- The Meiji Restoration: Menu Renovation on the Road to Ramen -- Diplomacy and the Desire to Impress -- Empire and Japanese Cuisine -- World War II Cuisine: A World Adrift -- History at the Dining Table: Postwar Instant Ramen -- Ramen Popular Culture -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
Full text (Emerson users only)

War Revolution & Japan. by Neary, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Some aspects of the Tokugawa outer world view; 2 The Meiji Restoration: Japan's attempt to inherit China; 3 Soviet-Japanese studies on the problem of the Meiji Ishin and the development of capitalism in Japan; 4 Tradition as justification for change: History in the service of the Japanese government (1869-1893); 5 Between revolution and reaction: The Japanese women's movement in the Taisho era; 6 Green before their time? …”
Full text (Emerson users only)

Isabella Bird and Japan : A Reassessment. by Kanasaka, Kiyonori

Full text (Emerson users only)

Sourcebook in Shinto : selected documents / Stuart D.B. Picken. by Picken, Stuart D. B.

Table of Contents: “…Shinto Thought to the Meiji Restoration; 7. Early Modern Western Views of Shinto; 8. …”
Full text (Emerson users only)

Kyushu : a Concise History. by Cobbing, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Maps; 1 Takachiho: The Floating Bridge of Heaven; 2 Himiko's Lands: Gateway to Wa; 3 Tsukushi: Isle of Unknown Fires; 4 Dazaifu: The Distant Court; 5 Hakata: The Making of a Mercantile Centre; 6 Divine Wind: The Mongol Invasions; 7 Divided Loyalties: Pirates and Rival Courts; 8 All Under heaven: Missionaries and Warlords; 9 Turbulent Decades: State Control and Resistance; 10 The Great Peace in Kyushu; 11 Kyushu in the Meiji Restoration; 12 The Twentieth Century; Postscript; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Colour Plates.…”
Full text (Emerson users only)

Origins of Japanese wealth and power : reconciling Confucianism and capitalism, 1830-1885 / John H. Sagers. by Sagers, John H.

Full text (Emerson users only)

A Companion to Japanese History. by Tsutsui, William M.

Table of Contents: “…A COMPANION TO JAPANESE HISTORY; Contents; List of Maps; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I Japan before 1600; 1 Japanese Beginnings; 2 The Heian Period; 3 Medieval Japan; Part II Early Modern Japan; 4 Unification, Consolidation, and Tokugawa Rule; 5 Social and Economic Change in Tokugawa Japan; 6 Intellectual Change in Tokugawa Japan; 7 Cultural Developments in Tokugawa Japan; Part III Modern Japan: From the Meiji Restoration through World War II; 8 Restoration and Revolution; 9 Oligarchy, Democracy, and Fascism; 10 Social and Economic Change in Prewar Japan.…”
Full text (Emerson users only)

Traditional Japanese arts and culture : an illustrated sourcebook / edited by Stephen Addiss, Gerald Groemer, J. Thomas Rimer.

Earthquake nation : the cultural politics of Japanese seismicity, 1868-1930 / Gregory Clancey. by Clancey, Gregory K.

Full text (Emerson users only)

Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism / Crash Course World History.

Full text (Emerson users only)

The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire. by James, David H.

Table of Contents: “…BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; PREFACE; CONTENTS; APPENDICES; CHAPTER I THE JAPANESE; CHAPTER II SYNOPSIS OF JAPANESE HISTORY; CHAPTER III MEIJI RESTORATION; CHAPTER IV THE MEIJI ERA (1868-1912); CHAPTER V THE TAISHO ERA (1912-1926); CHAPTER VI THE SHOWA ERA (1926-1945); CHAPTER VII RECONCILING THE IDEOLOGIES (1936-1941); CHAPTER VIII PRELUDE TO WAR IN THE FAR EAST; CHAPTER IX DEFEAT OF BRITISH ARMY IN MALAYA; CHAPTER X SINGAPORE DEBACLE; CHAPTER XI ASIA FOR ASIATICS; CHAPTER XII JAPAN'S BRUTAL CONQUEST; CHAPTER XIII CONFLICT OF WAR AIMS; CHAPTER XIV AIR WAR AGAINST JAPAN FIRST PHASE.…”
Full text (Emerson users only)