Modern History of Japan by William Gerald Beasley

While commenting briefly on earlier times, McClain’s work begins with the Tokugawa and proceeds on through the “bursting bubbles” of the 1990s. While the competition is thus keen, James McClain’s book is sure to be a winner. Tipton, Modern Japan: A Social and Political History (London, Routledge). Half-read on my desk lie two very promising works: Andrew Gordon, A Modern History of Japan from Tokugawa Times to the Present (New York, Oxford University, 2003), and Elise K. Beasley’s The Japanese Experience (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1999) and Conrad Schirokauer, A Brief History of Japanese Civilization (Fort Worth, Harcourt, Brace College Publishers, 1993), and found both comprehensive and authoritative. In the Winter 2001 issue of Education About Asia (Volume 6 Number 3), I reviewed paperback editions of William G. These are flush times for good Japan textbooks. Re-envisioning Asia: Contestations and Struggles in the Visual Arts.Distinguished Service to the Association for Asian Studies Award.Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award.Striving for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Asian Studies: Humanities Grants for Asian Studies Scholars.

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Modern History of Japan by William Gerald Beasley