Internal and External Worlds

Offering a distinctive overview of the pressures responsible for the emergence of modern Japan, Louis Cullen rejects the traditional boundaries of Japanese historiography and combines economic, social, and political approaches to create a powerful analysis. Cullen reviews the Japanese experience of expansion, social transition, industrial growth, economic crisis and war, to present an island nation that is a growing industrial power with little perception of its worldwide context.Distinctive overview of the internal and external pressures responsible for the emergence of modern Japan.'... a thought-provoking book, providing interesting information and interpretation ...'. Reviews in History'_ a thought-provoking book, providing interesting information and interpretation _ '. Reviews in History?? a thought-provoking book, providing interesting information and interpretation ??. Reviews in History?The book reads like a piece of scholarly work from an earlier and more careful time, when historiography was the result of careful research and distilled knowledge by an author dedicated to the craft ? Wonderfully fluid telling of a key historical era ?? David McNeill, Irish Times?????? a thought-provoking book, providing interesting information and interpretation ??????. Reviews in History???The book reads like a piece of scholarly work from an earlier and more careful time, when historiography was the result of careful research and distilled knowledge by an author dedicated to the craft ??? Wonderfully fluid telling of a key historical era ?????? David McNeill, Irish Times'The book reads like a piece of scholarly work from an earlier and more careful time, when historiography was the result of careful research and distilled knowledge by an author dedicated to the craft ... Wonderfully fluid telling of a key historical era ...' David McNeill, Irish Times