This book covers eighty years of history in Japan, focusing on political history and foreign relations, with extensive material also on economic devel..
This book examines the history of agriculture in premodern Japan, dealing with the history of agricultural techniques and the food supply, analysing i..
This book explores the ways in which scientists, engineers and physicians worked directly and indirectly to support the creation of a new Japanese emp..
This book begins by examining the origins and evolution of the outcaste groups within the Tokugawa status order. It then looks into the complex proces..
History education is the official version of modern national identities. This book is a remarkable unveiling of how three countries changed their port..
Scholarship on premodern Japan has grown spectacularly over the past four decades, in both sophistication and volume. The new scholarship sees a highe..
One surprising outcome of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 was that, although Russia was humiliatingly defeated, by 1916 Russia and Japan had becom..
This is a complete translation, together with a substantial commentary and introduction, of The Standpoint of World History and Japan, an important wo..
A brilliant and influential statesman, Ito Hirobumi (1841-1909) was the first prime minister of Japan's modern state. This biography focuses especiall..
Some sixty years after the Far Eastern War ended, this innovative collection brings together scholars from the UK and Japan to reappraise their respec..
The book brings together discussions of leading aspects of the Asia-Pacific War which still have huge relevance today. The topics addressed range from..
The Politics of War Memory in Japan examines the involvement of five civil society actors in the struggle over remembering and addressing the wartime ..