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Modern Japan - Its Political Military And Industrial Organisation
Author: William Montgomery Mcgovern

MODERN JAPAN ITS POLITICAL, MILITARY, AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION BY WILLIAM MONTGOMERY McGOVERN, PH. D. LECTURER ON JAPANESE AT THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON J PRIEST OP THE NISHI HONGWANJI, KYOTO, JAPAN WITH A PREFACE BY PROF. SIR E. DENISON ROSS, PH, D., C. I. I, LONDON T. FISHER UNW1N, LTD. ADELPHI TERRACE All rights r... more »eset ved DEDICATED TO J. B. M. AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE AND ESTEEM CONTENTS FAGK PREFACE BY PROFESSOR SIR E. DENISON Ross 9 INTRODUCTION CKAFTBK I. THE ETHNOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL BACK GROUND - - - - 13 1 . THE NATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY OF THE JAPANESE I 2. TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES - - 21 PART I THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY JAPAN II. EVENTS PRIOR TO THE RESTORATION - 33 1. THE EARLY HISTORY OF JAPAN - 33 2. THE PERIOD OF THE RESTORATION - 40 III. THE ABOLITION OF FEUDALISM - - 46 1. THE PERIOD OF REORGANIZATION - 46 2. THE CENTRALIZATION OF AUTHORITY - 51 IV. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW REGIME - 57 1. THE PERSONNEL AND WORK OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT - - - 57 2. THE GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY - 63 V. APAN AS A WORLD POWER - - 68 1. THE CONSTITUTION AND AFTER - 68 2. JAPANESE PARTIES AND POLICIES - 73 PART II THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION VI. THE EARLY CONSTITUTIONS - - 8x 1. GOVERNMENT IN THE TOKUGAWA ERA - 8a 2. IN THE ERA OF TRANSITION - 86 3. IN THE EARLY RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD - 89 4. IN THE LATER RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD - 93 6 CONTENTS 7 CHAFTER PAGE VII. THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT - 98 1. THE PRESENT CONSTITUTION A SYNOPSIS - 98 2. THE EMPEROR - - - - IOI 3. THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SUBJECTS THE DIET - Ib 4. THE CABINET MINISTERS OF STATE - THE PRIVY COUNCIL - - - - 1 06 5. THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM - - - IIO 6. NATIONAL FINANCE - - - 11 PART III THE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM VIII. ASPECTS OF MODERN JAPAN - - 121 IX, MILITARISTIC NATIONALISM - - - 123 1. EMPEROR-WORSHIP - - - - 123 2. THE MODIFICATION OF HISTORY - - 133 3. THE INCULCATION OF MILITARISM - - 138 X. EFFICIENT BUREAUCRACY - - - 142 1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BUREAUCRACY 142 2. ITS ORGANIZATION - 147 3. THE MODUS OPERANDl - 153 XI. IMPERIAL SOCIALISM - - - - 161 1. THE GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY - - l6l 2. THE CENTRALIZATION OF INDUSTRY - 164 3. METHODS OF BUREAUCRATIC CONTROL - l6 PART IV THE MILITARY DEVELOPMENT XII. THE GROWTH OF THE ARMY AND NAVY - 173 1. MILITARY EXPANSION - - - 173 2. NAVAL EXPANSION - - - - 178 8 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XIII. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WARS IN WHICH JAPAN HAS ENGAGED - - - - 183 1. THE FIRST PERIOD OF MILITARY EXPANSION 184 2, THE CHINO-JAPANESE WAR - - - 1 88 3, THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR - - - 19 4. JAPAN AND THE GREAT WAR - - 206 XIV. THE ORGANIZATION ov THE JAPANESE ARMY - 213 1. THE DIVISIONS OF THE ARMY CONSCRIPTION 213 2. THE PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY - - 2l6 PART V THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT XV. THE REORGANIZATION OF INDUSTRY - - 223 1. GENERAL METHODS OF REORGANIZATION - 223 2. BANKING AND CURRENCY - - - 228 XVI. THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES OF JAPAN - - 233 1. AGRICULTURE - 233 2. FORESTRY - - - - - 238 3. FISHERIES - 241 4. STOCK-BREEDING - 244 5-SERICULTURE - 248 6, MINING - 250 XVII, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE - 254 1. INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT - - - 254 2. FOREIGN TRADE - - - - 257 CONCLUSION XVIII. LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE - - - 265 XIX. ART ND RELIGION - - . 275 PREFACE I HAVE much pleasure in accepting Mr. McGoverns invitation to prefix a few words regarding this little book and its author. The book itself stands in no need of commendation, for I feel sure that anyone who takes it up will find it difficult to put it down unfinished. The style is racy, and the author speaks with a confidence bred of intimate knowledge and a candour which is refreshing without being offensive. Mr, McGovern was born in North America of an English father, and began his education in the New World. He was, however, at an early age attracted to the study of Japanese, and before coming to England two years ago he had spent ten years in the Far East, of which six were devoted to school and college studies in Japan...

ISBN-13: 9781406738247
ISBN-10: 1406738247
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 280
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Publisher: Oliphant Press
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