To Stand with the Nations of the World: Japan's Meiji Restoration in World History

by Mark Ravina and Mark J. Ravina

Book Overview

The samurai radicals who overthrew the last shogun in 1868 promised to restore ancient and pure Japanese ways. Foreign observers were terrified that Japan would lapse into violent xenophobia. But the new Meiji government took an opposite course. It copied best practices from around the world, building a powerful and modern Japanese nation with the help of European and American advisors. While revering the Japanese past, the Meiji government boldly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190088370
• ISBN13: 9780190088378
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"