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JAPAN
A Global Studies Handbook
Other Titles in
ABC-CLIO’s
GLOBAL STUDIES: ASIA
Series
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GLOBAL STUDIES: ASIA
JAPAN
A Global Studies Handbook
Lucien Ellington
Santa Barbara, California—•—Denver, Colorado—•—Oxford, England
Copyright 2002 by Lucien Ellington
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro-
duced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form
or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, record-
ing, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a
review, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ellington, Lucien.
Japan : a global studies handbook / Lucien Ellington.
p. cm. — (Global studies, Asia)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57607-271-1 (alk. paper)
1. Japan. I. Title. II. Series.
DS806 .E45 2002
952—dc21
2001007878
06 05 04 03 02—10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Contents
Series Editor’s Foreword—ix
Preface—xiii
P
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ECTION
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1
Japan’s Geography and History—3
The Physical and Human Geographies of Japan—3
The Living Space Problem—11
The Hazards of Being Japanese—15
Japan’s Prehistory—16
Early Mainland Asia and Chinese Influences—18
Classical Japan—25
Medieval Japan—27
Isolation and Peace: Tokugawa Japan—33
Japan Enters the Modern World—38
The Road to War—51
World War II and the Occupation—54
Unparalleled Prosperity and New Challenges—60
2
Japan’s Economy—65
The Roots of Success—65
The Making of the Economic Miracle—69
The End of the Miracle: The Bubble Bursts—82
Japan’s Economic Future—96
3
Japanese Institutions—111
Japanese Government and Politics—112
The Roots of Japanese Democracy—112
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