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The Making of Modern Japan

Power, Crisis, and the Promise of Transformation
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The Making of Modern Japan by Myles Carroll explores Japan's transformation from a feudal society into a modern world power, analysing social, political, and economic changes. The book delves into the Meiji Restoration, industrialisation, and Japan's international relations, providing insights into the country's evolution and its impact on the global stage. Carroll offers a nuanced examination of how historical forces shaped contemporary Japan.
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In The Making of Modern Japan, Myles Carroll offers a sweeping account of post-war Japanese political economy.

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In The Making of Modern Japan, Myles Carroll offers a sweeping account of post-war Japanese political economy, exploring the transition from the post-war boom to the crisis of today and the connections between these seemingly discrete periods.

Carroll explores the multifarious international and domestic political, economic, social, and cultural conditions that fortified Japan's post-war hegemonic order and enabled decades of prosperity and stability. Yet since the 1990s, a host of political, economic, social, and cultural changes has left this same hegemonic order out of step with the realities of the contemporary world, a contradiction that has led to three decades of crisis in Japanese society. Can Japan make the bold changes required to reverse its decline?

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642597974

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 October 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 266

About the Author

Myles Carroll is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Core Research at Ochanomizu University, with a Ph.D. in Political Science (2020) from York University. He has published many articles on social reproduction and political economy in post-war Japan

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