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Title Japan: Past and Present
Author Edwin O. Reischauer
Year 1947
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Location New York
Source pdf
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Contents

I · Geographic Background 3
II · The Early Japanese 9
III · The Coming of Chinese Civilization 16
IV · The Growth of a Native Culture 32
V · The Development of a Feudal Society 45
VI · Growth and Change in the Feudal System 62
VII · The Reestablishment of National Unity 77
VIII · Signs of Change Behind the Feudal Façade 96
IX · The Creation of a Modern State 108
X · The Appearance of Liberal Democratic Trends 142
XI · Nationalism, Militarism, and War 156
XII · The Dawn of a New Age 186
Index follows page 192

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Japan Superimposed on the United States 4
Ancient Centers of Civilization 7
Early Migrations to Japan 10
Routes Between Japan and China 20
Plan of Ancient Kyoto 24
Japan in the Feudal Period 50
Japan in the Tokugawa Period 82
Major Railway Lines of Modern Japan 115
The Far East in Modern Times 137
Japanese Expansion Before December 1941 176
The Japanese Empire and the Line of Furthest
Conquest, 1931–1945 follows page 192