TY - BOOK ID - 74393418 TI - Tumultuous decade : empire, society, and diplomacy in 1930's Japan AU - Kimura, Masato AU - Minohara, Toshihiro PY - 2013 SN - 9781442612341 9781442643864 1442643862 1442612347 PB - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - National characteristics, Japanese. KW - Japonais KW - Japan KW - Japon KW - Foreign relations KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - Economic conditions KW - Relations extérieures KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Conditions sociales KW - Conditions économiques KW - National characteristics, Japanese KW - Japanese national characteristics KW - J4810.80 KW - J4000.80 KW - J4600.80 KW - Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Gendai (1926- ), Shōwa period, 20th century KW - Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Gendai (1926- ), Shōwa period, 20th century KW - Japan: Politics and law -- history -- Gendai (1926- ), Shōwa period, 20th century UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:74393418 AB - "The 1930s was a dark period in international affairs. The Great Depression affected the economic and social circumstances of the world's major powers, contributing to armed conflicts such as the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. This volume focuses exclusively on Japan, which witnessed a flurry of progressive activities in this period, activities which served both domestic and international society during the "tumultuous decade." Featuring an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars, Tumultuous Decade examines Japanese domestic and foreign affairs between 1931 and 1941. It looks at Japan in the context of changing approaches to global governance, the rise of the League of Nations, and attempts to understand the Japanese worldview as it stood in the 1930s, a crucial period for Japan and the wider world. The editors argue that, like many other emerging powers at the time, Japan experienced a national identity crisis during this period and that this crisis is what ultimately precipitated Japan's role in the Second World War as well as the global order that took shape in its aftermath."--Publisher's website. ER -