{"product_id":"a-modern-history-of-japan-from-tokugawa-times-to-the-present-9780195110616","title":"A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn The Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present  Andrew Gordon paints a richly nuanced and strikingly original portrait of the last two centuries of Japanese history. He takes students from the days of the shogunate--the feudal overlordship of the Tokugawa family--through the modernizing revolution launched by midlevel samurai in the late nineteenth century; the adoption of Western hairstyles  clothing  and military organization; and the nations first experiments with mass democracy after World War I. Gordon offers the finest synthesis to date of Japans passage through militarism  World War II  the American occupation  and the subsequent economic rollercoaster. But the true ingenuity and value of Gordons approach lies in his close attention to the non-elite layers of society. Here students will see the influence of outside ideas  products  and culture on home life  labor unions  political parties  gender relations  and popular entertainment. The book examines Japans struggles to define the meaning of its modernization  from villages and urban neighborhoods  to factory floors and middle managers offices  to the imperial court. Most importantly  it illuminates the interconnectedness of Japanese developments with world history  demonstrating how Japans historical passage represents a variation of a process experienced by many nations and showing how the Japanese narrative forms one part of the interwoven fabric of modern history. With a sustained focus on setting modern Japan in a comparative and global context  The Modern History of Japan is ideal for undergraduate courses in modern Japanese history  Japanese politics  Japanese society  or Japanese culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651757662261,"sku":"ByrdShop_0195110617","price":49.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195110616.jpg?v=1781839742","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-modern-history-of-japan-from-tokugawa-times-to-the-present-9780195110616","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}