Table of Contents

Dawn of Japanese History; Impact of Chinese Civilisation; The Early Heian Period; Rise of Feudal Institutions; Kamakura Buddhism; Development of Feudal Institutions Through the Muromachi Period; From Civil Wars to Unification; The Tokugawa Peace; Intellectual Current in Tokugawa Japan; The End of Tokugawa Rule; Early Meiji Political Development; Social and Economic Development in the Meiji Era; The Taish-o Democracy; Rise of Ultra-Nationalism and the Pacific War; Japan Under Occupation; Politics and Problems of Security; Emergence of an Economic Superpower; Heisei - Age of Uncertainty; Bridging the Past and Present.

About the Author

David J. Lu