Table of Contents

Part 1 Background: The Anatomy of a Han Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Choshu and the Tokugawa Policy Chapter 4 Choshu's Finances and the Tokugawa Economy Chapter 5 Choshu and the Tempo Reform Chapter 6 The Early Stage of Bakumatsu Politics, 1853-1861 Chapter 7 The Background of Ideas in Choshu Part 8 The Restoration Movement Chapter 9 The Rise of Choshu in National Politics, 1861-1863 Chapter 10 The Decline of the Choshu Sonno Joi Movement, 1863-1864 Chapter 11 The Choshu Civil War Chapter 12 The March to Power Chapter 13 Conclusion

About the Author

Albert M. Craig is Harvard Yenching Research Professor of History at Harvard University. He is the author, with others, of The Heritage of World Civilization (1999), Personality in Japanese History (1995), and East Asia: Tradition and Transformation (1989).