Cambridge History of Japan The Nineteenth Century

The volume consists of an interrelated collection of authoritative and analytical chapters by specialists in the history of nineteenth-century Japan that discuss the fissures in late feudal society, the impact of and responses to the West, the overthrow of the shogunal government, and the revolutionary changes that were instituted as defensive measures to strengthen the country against what seemed a dangerous competition with the Western world.Jansen, Marius B. is the author of 'Cambridge History of Japan The Nineteenth Century' with ISBN 9780521223560 and ISBN 0521223563.