Modern Japan : Aspectos of History, Literatura and Society / edited by W.G. Beasley; [Charles Sheldon ... et al.].

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction: Modern Japan: an Historian's View

W. G. BEASLEY

PART I HISTORY

1. The Politics of the Civil War of 1868

CHARLES D. SHELDON

2. Shinbunshi: The Early Meiji Adaptation of the Western-Style Newspaper

ALBERT A. ALTMAN

3. Japan and Naval Aspects of the Washington Conference

IAN NISH

4. Myth and Reality in Japan of the 1930s BEN-AMI SHILLONY

5. National Elections and Electioneering in Akita Ken, 1930-1942

R. L. SIMS

6. The Great Tokyo Air Raid, 9-10 March 1945 GORDON DANIELS

PART II LITERATURE

7. Matsui Sumako: Actress and Woman BRIAN POWELL

8. Modernisation of the Japanese Theatre: The Shingeki Movement

A. HORIE-WEBBER

9. Abe Kōbō and Õe Kenzaburo: The Search for Identity in Contemporary Japanese Literature HISAAKI YAMANOUCHI

PART III SOCIETY

10. New Religions in Japan: An Appraisal of Two Theories

EIMI WATANABE RAJANA

11. The Use and Meaning of Leisure in Present-Day Japan

SEPP LINHART

12. Union-Management Conflict in a Japanese Company

R. C. CLARK

13. Regional Development Policy in Japan: Some Aspects of the Plan for Remodelling the Japanese Archipelago JOHN SARGENT

14. Japan's Policy Towards Foreign Trade: The Strategic Options

CHRISTOPHER HOWE