TY - BOOK ID - 11340955 TI - Japan in Transition AU - Altman, Albert A AU - Collcutt, Martin AU - Craig, Albert M AU - Fraser, Andrew AU - Hanley, Susan B AU - Hayami, Akira AU - Jansen, Marius B AU - Nishikawa, Shunsaku AU - Rozman, Gilbert AU - Saitō, Osamu AU - Smith, Henry D AU - Umegaki, Michio AU - Westney, Eleanor AU - Wray, William D AU - Yamamura, Kozo AU - Rubinger, Richard PY - 2014 SN - 0691102457 140085430X 0691604843 0691054592 1306989795 0691633851 9780691604848 9781400854301 PB - Princeton, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Japan -- History -- 19th century. KW - Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912. KW - Japan -- Social conditions -- 1868-. KW - Japan KW - History KW - Social conditions KW - J3367 KW - J3371 KW - Japan: History -- Kinsei, Edo period -- kaikoku and bakumatsu (1853-1867) KW - Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Meiji period (1868-1912) KW - Japon KW - Histoire KW - Conditions sociales KW - Japon. Histoire. 1850-1880. KW - Japan. Geschiedenis. 1850-1880. KW - Social conditions. KW - 1800-1912. KW - Japan. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11340955 AB - In this book social scientists scrutinize the middle decades of the nineteenth century in Japan. That scrutiny is important and overdue, for the period from the 1850s to the 1880s has usually been treated in terms of politics and foreign relations. Yet those decades were also of pivotal importance in Japan's institutional modernization. As the Japanese entered the world order, they experienced a massive introduction of Western-style organizations. Sweeping reforms, without the class violence or the Utopian appeal of revolution, created the foundation for a modern society. The Meiji Restoration introduced a political transformation, but these chapters address the more gradual social transition.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -