Extent: | 350 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts 24 cm |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Biografie |
Language: | English |
Notes: | "The original English translation is based on the paperback version of 'Mutsu Munemitsu to sono jidai,' published by PHP Institute, Inc. in 2003; first published in hardcover by the same publisher in 1999" Foreword -- 1. Father and son : at the apex of eighteenth-century culture -- 2. Date Munehiro in exile (Jitoku-ō) : intellectual pilgrimage of an Edo dignitary -- 3. Meiji restoration : into the age of revolution and gun smoke -- 4. Giant wings broken : the rise and fall of a Prussian-style military state -- 5. A bush warbler in winter : involved in Tosa's adventure -- 6. Burning the midnight oil again : study during imprisonment -- 7. Burning the midnight oil a third time : in a Prussian-style constitution appropriate? -- 8. The origins of Japanese democracy : building a modern nation-state -- 9. The dawn of constitutional government : a Samurai democracy to be proud of -- 10. First setback for the parliamentary democracy : bloody intervention in the election -- 11. Revision of treaties : freedom from half a century of humiliation -- 12. Rivalry on the Korean Peninsula : one imperialism vs. another -- 13. The Donghak peasant rebellion : is Korea a tributary to Qing China? -- 14. The eve of the first Sino-Japanese War : tenacity -- 15. A war of diplomacy : keeping the Western powers at bay -- 16. The Battle of Pungdo : dawn of an empire -- 17. Japan sails to victory : China's strategic dilemma -- 18. The final phase of the ware : a race against time -- 19. The treaty of Shimonoseki : Li Hongzhang in Japan -- 20. The Tripartite Intervention : an unavoidable concession -- 21. Mutsu's death : fighting for democracy to the last -- References -- Appendix. |
ISBN: | 978-4-86658-025-8 ; 4-86658-025-9 |
Classification: | Japan ; Politische Geschichte |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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