The Cambridge History of Japan

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• 1. Introduction Peter Duus; Part I. Domestic Politics: 2. The establishment of party cabinets, 1898–1932 Taichiro Mitani; 3. Politics and mobilization in Japan, 1931–45 Gordon M. Berger; 4. Postwar politics, 1945–73 Haruhiro Fukui; Part II. External Relations: 5. The Japanese colonial empire, 1895–1945 Mark R. Peattie; 6. Continental expansion, 1905–41 Ikuhiko Hata; 7. The Pacific War Alvin D. Coox; Part III. Economic Development: 8. Industrialization and technological change, 1885–1920 E. Sydney Crawcour; 9. Depression, recovery, and war, 1920–45 Takafusa Nakamura; 10. The postwar Japanese economy, 1945–73 Yutaka Kosai; Part IV. Social and Intellectual Change: 11 The transformation of rural society, 1900–50 Ann Waswo; 12. Economic development, labor markets, and industrial relations in Japan, 1905–55 Koji Taira; 13. Socialism, liberalism, and Marxism, 1901–31 Pete Duus; 14. Japanese revolt against the West: political and cultural criticism in the twentieth century Tetsuo Najita.

"...these essays, individually and collectively, are a major contribution to the fields of Japanese studies and Japanese history. The 51 pages of works cited alone are an important contribution; they represent a basic bibliography of 20th-century Japanese history." Choice