| Army, Empire and Politics in Meiji Japan: The Three Careers of General Katsura Tar? 2000 Edition Contributor(s): Lone, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312232896 ISBN-13: 9780312232894 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: Dramatic innovations in modern Japan include a mass army, overseas empire, and constitutional polity. This is the first book to these changes in the Meiji era (1868-1912). It focuses on the life of General Katsura, one of the architects of the modern military, a leading figure in Japanese colonialism, and prime minister through the 1990s. Challenging the received wisdom about Japanese militarism and imperialism, it exposes the army's ambivalence about empire but also its positive role in political change. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - Reference | Questions & Answers - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99088718 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.04 lbs) 247 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dramatic innovations in modern Japan include a mass army, overseas empire, and constitutional polity. This is the first book to link these changes in the Meiji era (1868-1912). It focuses on the life of General Katsura Taro, one of the architects of the modern military, a leading figure in Japanese colonialism, and prime minister through the 1900s. Challenging the received wisdom about Japanese militarism and imperialism, it exposes the army's ambivalence about empire but also its positive role in political change. |
