| The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Ruoff, Kenneth J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674010884 ISBN-13: 9780674010888 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: masses" embedded in the postwar culture of democracy. The author stresses the monarchy's "postwarness," rather than its traditionality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 952.04 |
| LCCN: 2001039392 |
| Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.12" W x 9.18" (1.08 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Few institutions are as well suited as the monarchy to provide a window on postwar Japan. The monarchy, which is also a family, has been significant both as a political and as a cultural institution. This comprehensive study analyzes numerous issues, including the role of individual emperors in shaping the institution, the manner in which the emperor's constitutional position as symbol has been interpreted, the emperor's intersection with politics through ministerial briefings, memories of Hirohito's wartime role, nationalistic movements in support of Foundation Day and the reign-name system, and the remaking of the once sacrosanct throne into a monarchy of the masses embedded in the postwar culture of democracy. The author stresses the monarchy's postwarness, rather than its traditionality. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ruoff, Kenneth J.: - Kenneth J. Ruoff is Assistant Professor of Japanese History at Portland State University. |
