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The Meiji Unification Through the Lens of Ishikawa Prefecture
James C. Baxter
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Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 34. Weight in Grams: 690.
Credit for the swift unification of Japan following the 1868 overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate is usually given to the national leaders who instigated the coup and formed the new Meiji government. But is brilliant leadership at the top sufficient to explain how regional separatist tendencies and loyalties to the old lords were overcome in the formation of a nationally unified state? On the contrary, argues James C. Baxter. Though plans were drawn up by policy makers in Tokyo, the efforts of citizens all over the country were required to implement these plans and create a sense of national identity ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Number of Pages
394
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674564664
SKU
V9780674564664
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About James C. Baxter
James C. Baxter is a vice president of the Yasuda Trust and Banking Company, Ltd.
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The historical process in mid-nineteenth century Japan is known as the Meiji Restoration was a major revolutionary change… Less well known is how decisions at the centre were transmitted to the provinces and especially to those provinces which were not involved in the great events at Kyoto or Edo. This is the world that James Baxter examines… By the time ... Read more