History Of Japan#Bibliography

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Allinson, Gary D. The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History. (1999). 259 pp. excerpt and text search
Beasley, W. G. The Modern History of Japan (1963) online edition
Clement, Ernest Wilson. A Short History of Japan (1915), 190pp online edition
Cullen, L. M. A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds (2003) online edition
Edgerton, Robert B. Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military. (1999). 384 pp. excerpt and text search
Goedertier Joseph M. A. Dictionary of Japanese History. 1968.
Gordon, Andrew. A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present (2003) online edition; also excerpt and text search
Hall John W. Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times. 1970.
Hane, Mikiso. Modern Japan: A Historical Survey 2nd ed Westview Press, 1992, 474pp online edition
Huffman, James L., ed. Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. (1998). 316 pp.
Hunter Janet. Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. 1984.
Jansen, Marius B. The Making of Modern Japan (2002) excerpts and search online
McClain, James L. Japan: A Modern History. (2001). 512 pp. excerpt and text search
Mosk, Carl. Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth. M. E. Sharpe, 2001. 293 pp.
Najita, Tetsuo. Japan: The Intellectual Foundations of Modern Japanese Politics (1980), 200 year interpretation excerpt and text search
Perez, Louis G. The History of Japan (1998) 244pp online edition
Perkins, Dorothy. Encyclopedia of Japan: Japanese History and Culture, from Abacus to Zori. (1991). 410 pp.
Reischauer, Edwin O. Japan: The Story of a Nation. 1990.
Reischauer, Edwin O., and Albert M. Craig. Japan, Tradition and Transformation 1978.
Sims, Richard. Japanese Political History since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000. (2001). 395 pp.
Stockwin, J. A. A. Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan. (2003). 291pp online edition
Tipton, Elise. Modern Japan: A Social and Political History (2002) excerpt and text search
Totman, Conrad. A History of Japan. (2nd ed. 2000). 620 pp.; stress on environment online excerpts and search
Totman, Conrad. Early Modern Japan: A Short History (1995) excerpt and text search
Totman, Conrad. Japan before Perry (2nd paperback ed. 2008) excerpt and text search
Umesao, Tadao. An Ecological View of History: Japanese Civilization in the World Context. Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2003. 208 pp.

to 1860[edit]

Hall, John W. ed. Cambridge History of Japan, Vol. IV, Early Modern Japan. (1991). 831pp
Hane, Mikiso. Premodern Japan: A Historical Survey (1991)
Hayami, Akira; Saito, Osamu; and Toby, Ronald P., eds. The Economic History of Japan, 1600-1990. Vol. 1: Emergence of Economic Society in Japan, 1600-1859. (2004). 420 pp.
Jansen, Marius B., ed. The Cambridge History of Japan. Vol. 5: The Nineteenth Century. (1989). 828 pp. excerpt and text search
Sansom, Sir George B. A History of Japan, 3 vols. 1963, in dense, sophisticated prose excerpts and search vol 1 to 1334, excerpts and search vol 2 to 1615 excerpts and search vol 3 to 1867
Totman, Conrad. "Tokugawa Peasants: Win, Lose, or Draw?" Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 41, No. 4. (Winter, 1986), pp. 457-476. in English; in JSTOR
Wilson, George M. Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: Motives in the Meiji Restoration. (1992). 201 pp.
Yamamura Kozo, ed. Cambridge History of Japan, Vol. III. Medieval Japan. (1990).
Yamamura, Kozo. "Toward a Reexamination of the Economic History of Tokugawa Japan, 1600-1867." Journal of Economic History 1973 33(3): 509-546. Issn: 0022-0507 Fulltext: in Jstor

1860 to 1945[edit]

Cohen, Jerome B. Japan's Economy in War and Reconstruction (1949) 545 pp. online edition
Dower, John W. War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. Pantheon, 1986. 398 pp. excerpt and text search
Duus, Peter, ed. The Cambridge History of Japan: Vol. 6: The Twentieth Century. (1989). 866 pp.
Ericson, Steven J. The Sound of the Whistle: Railroads and the State in Meiji Japan. (1996). 506 pp.
Iriye, Akira. Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War, 1941-1945 (1981),
Jansen, Marius B. and Rozman, Gilbert, eds. Japan in Transition, from Tokugawa to Meiji. (1986). 485 pp. modernization models
Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World , 1852-1912. (2002). 928 pp.
LaFeber, Walter. The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations. (1997). 544 pp.
Sims, Richard. Japanese Political History since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000. Palgrave, 2001. 395 pp.
Sugihara, Kaoru. Japan, China, and the Growth of the Asian International Economy, 1850-1949 - Vol. 1 (2005) online edition

Occupation: 1945-1952[edit]

Buckley, Roger. Occupation Diplomacy: Britain, the United States and Japan, 1945-1952. (1982). 294 pp.
Cohen, Jerome B. Japan's Economy in War and Reconstruction (1949) 545 pp. online edition
Cohen, Theodore. Remaking Japan: The American Occupation as New Deal. (1987). 526 pp.
Dower, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. (1999). 688 pp. excerpt and text search
Eldridge, Robert. The Origins of the Bilateral Okinawa Problem: Okinawa in Postwar US-Japan Relations, 1945-1952 (2001) excerpt and text search
Finn, Richard B. Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and Postwar Japan. (1992). 413 pp. excerpt and text search
Hane, Mikiso. Eastern Phoenix: Japan since 1945 (1996)
Harvey, Robert. American Shogun: General MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito, and the Drama of Modern Japan. (2006). 480 pp.
Hellegers, Dale M. We, the Japanese People: World War II and the Origins of the Japanese Constitution. (2 vol. 2002). 826 pp.
Hewes Jr., Laurence I. Japan -- Land and Men: An Account of the Japanese Land Reform Program, 1945-51 154 pgs. (1955) online edition
Hirano, Kyoko. Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: The Japanese Cinema under the American Occupation, 1945-1952. (1992). 400 pp.
Koseki, Shoichi. The Birth of Japan's Postwar Constitution. (1997). 257 pp online edition
Koshiro, Yukiko. Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan. (1999). 295 pp.
Molasky, Michael S. The American Occupation of Japan and Okinawa: Literature and Memory. (1999). 244 pp.
Moore, Ray A. and Robinson, Donald L. Partners for Democracy: Crafting the New Japanese State under MacArthur. (2002). 409 pp.
Orbaugh, Sharalyn. Japanese Fiction of the Allied Occupation: Vision, Embodiment, Identity. (2007). 515 pp.
Sandler, Mark, ed. The Confusion Era: Art and Culture in Japan during the Allied Occupation, 1945-52. (1998). 112 pp.
Schonberger, Howard B. Aftermath of War: Americans and the Remaking of Japan, 1945-1952 (1989)
Schaller, Michael. The American Occupation of Japan: The Origins of the Cold War in Asia (1987) excerpt and text searcj
Shibata, Masako. Japan and Germany under the US Occupation: A Comparative Analysis of Post-War Education Reform. (2005). 212 pp.
Sodei, Rinjiro. Dear General MacArthur: Letters from the Japanese during the American Occupation. (2001). 308 pp., primary sources
Takemae, Eiji. Inside GHQ: The Allied Occupation of Japan and Its Legacy. (2002). 800 pp.
VanStaaveren, Jacob. An American in Japan, 1945-1948: A Civilian View of the Occupation. (1995). 286 pp. primary course
Ward, Robert E. and Yoshikazu, Sakamoto. Democratizing Japan: The Allied Occupation. (1987). 456 pp.
Williams, Justin, Sr. Japan's Political Revolution Under MacArthur: A Participant's Account. (1979). 317 pp. primary source
Yoshida, Shigeru. The Yoshida Memoirs: The Story of Japan in Crisis 1961, primary source online edition

Since 1952[edit]

Allinson, Gary D. Japan's Postwar History. (2nd ed 2004). 208 pp. excerpt and text search
Duus, Peter, ed. The Cambridge History of Japan: Vol. 6: The Twentieth Century. (1989). 866 pp.
Hane, Mikiso. Eastern Phoenix: Japan since 1945 (1996) online edition
LaFeber, Walter. The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations. (1997). 544 pp.
Ohtsu, Makoto. Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History, 1960-2000. (2002). 459 pp.

online edition

Sims, Richard. Japanese Political History since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000. Palgrave, 2001. 395 pp.
Sugihara, Kaoru. Japan, China, and the Growth of the Asian International Economy, 1850-1949 - Vol. 1 (2005) online edition
Sumiya, Mikio, ed. A History of Japanese Trade and Industry Policy. (2000). 662 pp.

Cultural history[edit]

Dumoulin, Heinrich. Zen Buddhism: A History. Vol. 2. Japan. (1989). 509 pp.
Duus, Peter, ed. The Japanese Discovery of America: A Brief History with Documents. (1997). 226 pp.
Earhart, H. Byron. Japanese Religion: Unity and Diversity (1974).
Guttmann, Allen and Thompson, Lee. Japanese Sports: A History. (2001). 368 pp.
Harootunian, Harry. History's Disquiet: Modernity, Cultural Practice, and the Question of Everyday Life. (2000). 182 pp.
Keene, Donald. Japanese Literature: An Introduction for Western Readers (1955)
Morris, Ivan. The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan (1964)
Kitagawa Joseph M. Religion in Japanese History. 1966.
Kuitert, Wybe. Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art (2002). 283 pp.
Leiter, Samuel L. A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance. (2002). 430 pp.
Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art. (1993). 431 pp.
Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. A History of Japanese Economic Thought (1991) online edition
Munsterberg, Hugo. The Arts of Japan: An Illustrated History (1957)
Roberts, Laurance P. A. Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Tokyo: 1976.
Sansom, Sir George B. Japan, A Short Cultural History. 1978. online edition
Siever, Sharon Flowers in Salt: The Beginning of Feminine Consciousness in Modern Japan (1983)
Standish, Isolde. A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film. (2005). 452 pp.
Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Modern Japanese Thought. (1998). 403 pp. excerpt and text search

Historiography[edit]

Allinson, Gary D. The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History. (1999). 259 pp. excerpt and text search
Beasley W. G., and E. G. Pulleyblank, eds. Historians of China and Japan. 1961. online edition
Hardacre, Helen and Kern, Adam L., eds. New Directions in the Study of Meiji Japan. (1997). 782 pp.

Primary sources[edit]

Cook, Haruko Taya and Cook, Theodore F. eds. Japan at War: An Oral History. (1992). 504 pp., World War II homefront excerpt and text search
Huffman, James L. ed. Modern Japan: A History in Documents (2004)
Tsunoda, Ryusaku, W. T. de Bary, and Donald Keene, eds. Sources of Japanese Tradition. 1958.
Yoshida, Shigeru. The Yoshida Memoirs: The Story of Japan in Crisis 1961, on Occupation, 1945-51 online edition