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  • The Abe Experiment and the Future of Japan

    Don’t Repeat History

    by Junji Banno, Jiro Yamaguchi ...
    Series series Politics, Security and Society in Asia Pacific
    With an author’s foreword written on the day that the Abe cabinet decided to ‘revise the Japanese Constitution by reinterpretation’ (Tuesday, 1 July 2014), this timely examination of Japan’s post-war history by two leading historians committed to democratic politics is highly instructive and prompts serious reflection by anyone concerned with the future of Japan. Originally published in Japan by ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Empire and Constitution in Modern Japan

    Why Could War with China Not Be Prevented?

    by Junji Banno ...
    Translated by Arthur Stockwin ...
    Series series SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan
    Since the beginning of the Meiji period when Japan evolved into a modern and powerful nation-state, ideas of empire and constitution imbued Japanese rule and progress. In Empire and Constitution in Modern Japan, Junji Banno expertly analyses how these conflicting concepts operated together in Japan from 1868 until 1937.By 'empire', Banno means the Japanese impetus to create its own empire; by ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Japan's Modern History, 1857-1937

    A New Political Narrative

    by Junji Banno ...
    Series series Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
    Over the course of the period 1857 to 1937 in Japan, six distinct stages can be identified as the country moved from Shogun rule and its subsequent overthrow, from industrialisation and investment to the Meiji Constitution and then from Taishō democracy to Shōwa fascism. In this book, Junji Banno stresses the mutual relationships between each period, and to this end renames then accordingly: the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The Establishment of the Japanese Constitutional System

    by Junji Banno ...
    Translated by JAA Stockwin ...
    Series series Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
    The 1889 Meiji constitution: how it actually worked, the establishment of the Diet and the shifting roles and interests of the parties. A Japanese classic translated by one our leading authorities. ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

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  • Modern Japan

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