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Empire and Constitution in Modern Japan: Why Could War with China Not Be Prevented?
Contributor(s): Banno, Junji (Author), Gerteis, Christopher (Editor), Stockwin, Arthur (Translator)
ISBN: 1350136212     ISBN-13: 9781350136212
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
OUR PRICE:   $128.70  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2021
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern - 20th Century
- History | Asia - General
- Law | Constitutional
Dewey: 342.520
LCCN: 2020055569
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.97 lbs) 186 pages
 
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Since the beginning of the Meiji period when Japan evolved into a modern and powerful nation-state, ideas of empire and constitution imbued Japanese rule and progress. In Empire and Constitution in Modern Japan, Junji Banno expertly analyses how these conflicting concepts operated together in Japan from the 1868 until 1937.

By 'empire', Banno means the Japanese impetus to create its own empire; by 'constitution', he identifies Japanese efforts to create a constitutional government. In this book, Banno discusses the complicated relationship between these two concepts, ranging from incompatibility in some periods to symbiosis in others. Furthermore, understanding the complex and competing nature of these ideals, he persuasively reasons, is key to our understanding of why Japan and China went to war in 1937, leading to Pearl Harbor just four years later.

Translated by eminent scholar Arthur Stockwin, Banno's highly accessible account of the dynamics of pre-war Japanese political history provides an engaging survey of imperialism and constitutionalism in modern Japan. It will be of vital importance to all scholars of modern Japanese history.