Description: In this newly revised edition, Mikiso Hane presents the essential facts of modern Japanese history. He integrates political events with the cultural, economic and intellectual activities of each period -- from Tokugawa to the present -- and he is sensitive to the conditions of life in all strata of the population. The new edition covers a variety of important developments through the 1990s, giving special consideration to how traditional Japanese modes of thought and behavior have affected recent developments in such areas as US-Japanese relations, the status of women, and education. To provide background for his study of modern Japan, Hane includes a summary of early Japanese history that emphasizes the institutions and systems that molded the nature of Japanese society. Hane has also revised and updated the last few chapters, and the selected bibliography as well.

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