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A list of key readings about Japan.

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* Huffman, James L., ed. Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. Garland, 1998. 316 pp.
* Itasaka, Gen, ed. Japan Encyclopedia, 9 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha, 19 83.
* Perkins, Dorothy. Encyclopedia of Japan: Japanese History and Culture, from Abacus to Zori. Facts on File, 1991. 410 pp.

## Contents

* 1 Geography and guides
* 2 Economy
* 3 Government and current affairs
* 4 History
* 4.1 Surveys
* 4.2 Specialized studies
* 4.3 Cultural history
* 4.4 Primary sources

## Geography and guides[edit]

* Cressey George B. Asia's Lands and Peoples. 1963.
* DK,  Japan (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (2007) excerpt and text search
* Reiber, Beth, and Janie Spencer. Frommer's Japan (2006) excerpt and text search
* Rowthorn, Chris et al. Lonely Planet Japan (2005) excerpt and text search
* Trewartha Glenn T. Japan: A Physical, Cultural and Regional Geography. 1965.

## Economy[edit]

* Grimes, William W. Unmaking the Japanese Miracle: Macroeconomic Politics, 1985-2000 (2002) excerpt and text search
* Ito, Takatoshi, Hugh Patrick, and David E. Weinstein. Reviving Japan's Economy: Problems and Prescriptions (2005) excerpt and text search
* Karan, Pradyumna P., and Dick Gilbreath. Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, Economy, and Society (2005)
* Lincoln, James R., and Michael L. Gerlach. Japan's Network Economy: Structure, Persistence, and Change (2007) excerpt and text search
* Ohtsu, Makoto. Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History, 1960-2000. East Gate, 2002. 459 pp.
* Wood, Christopher. The Bubble Economy: Japan's Extraordinary Speculative Boom of the '80s And the Dramatic Bust of the '90s (2005)

## Government and current affairs[edit]

* Curtis, Gerald L. The Logic of Japanese Politics (2000) excerpt and text search
* Hayes, Louis D. Introduction To Japanese Politics (2004) excerpt and text search
* Hughes, Christopher W. Japan's Re-emergence as a 'Normal' Military Power (2006) excerpt and text search
* Kawabata, Eiji. Contemporary Government Reform in Japan: The Dual State in Flux (2006) excerpt and text search
* LaFeber, Walter. The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations. W. W. Norton, 1997. 544 pp.
* Samuels, Richard J. Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia (2007) excerpt and text search
* Stockwin, J. A.A. Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan. Routledge. 2003. 291pp online edition
* Sudo, Sueo The International Relations of Japan and South East Asia: Forging a New Regionalism Routledge, 2002 online edition
* Vogel, Steven Kent. Japan Remodeled: How Government And Industry Are Reforming Japanese Capitalism (2006) excerpt and text search

## History[edit]

For a more detailed bibliography see history of Japan

### Surveys[edit]

* Allinson, Gary D. The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History. Columbia U. Press, 1999. 259 pp. excerpt and text search
* Allinson, Gary D. Japan's Postwar History. Cornell U. Press, (2nd ed 2004). 208 pp. excerpt and text search
* Beasley, W. G. The Modern History of Japan Praeger, 1963 online edition
* Gordon, Andrew. A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present Oxford University Press, 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
* Hane, Mikiso. Eastern Phoenix: Japan since 1945 Westview Press, 1996 online edition
* Jansen, Marius B. The Making of Modern Japan (2002) excerpts and search online
* McClain, James L. Japan: A Modern History. W. W. Norton, 2001. 512 pp. excerpt and text search
* Perez, Louis G. The History of Japan Greenwood Press, 1998 online edition
* Reischauer, Edwin O. and Marius B. Jansen, Japanese Today: Change and Continuity (2nd ed. 2004) excerpt and text search
* Totman, Conrad. A History of Japan. Blackwell 2nd ed. 2000. 620 pp.; stress on environment online excerpts and search

### Specialized studies[edit]

* Dower, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. W. W. Norton, 1999. 688 pp. excerpt and text search
* Dower, John W. War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. Pantheon, 1986. 398 pp. excerpt and text search
* Edgerton, Robert B. Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military. W. W. Norton, 1999. 384 pp. excerpt and text search
* Ericson, Steven J. The Sound of the Whistle: Railroads and the State in Meiji Japan. Harvard U. Press, 1996. 506 pp.
* Iriye, Akira. Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War, 1941-1945 (1981),
* LaFeber, Walter. The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations. W. W. Norton, 1997. 544 pp.
* Mosk, Carl. Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth. M. E. Sharpe, 2001. 293 pp.
* Ohtsu, Makoto. Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History, 1960-2000. East Gate, 2002. 459 pp.
* Sumiya, Mikio, ed. A History of Japanese Trade and Industry Policy. Oxford U. Press, 2000. 662 pp.
* Umesao, Tadao. An Ecological View of History: Japanese Civilization in the World Context. Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2003. 208 pp.

### Cultural history[edit]

* Dumoulin, Heinrich. Zen Buddhism: A History. Vol. 2. Japan. Macmillan, 1989. 509 pp.
* Guttmann, Allen and Thompson, Lee. Japanese Sports: A History. U. of Hawai`i Press, 2001. 368 pp.
* Kitagawa Joseph M. Religion in Japanese History. 1966.
* Kuitert, Wybe. Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art U. of Hawai`i Pr., 2002. 283 pp.
* Leiter, Samuel L. A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance. M. E. Sharpe, 2002. 430 pp.
* Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art. Abrams, 1993. 431 pp.
* Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. A History of Japanese Economic Thought Routledge, 1991 online edition
* Roberts, Laurance P. A. Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Tokyo: 1976.
* Sansom, Sir George B. Japan, A Short Cultural History. 1978\. online edition
* Standish, Isolde. A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film. New York: Continuum, 2005. 452 pp.
* Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Modern Japanese Thought. Cambridge U. Press, 1998. 403 pp.

### Primary sources[edit]

* 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.