The Meiji Restoration
Subtitle: monarchism, mass communication, and conservative revolution
By: Alistair D. Swale.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230593862
Subjects: Monarchy -- Japan -- History -- 19th century; Communication -- Political aspects -- Japan -- History -- 19th century; Mass media -- Political aspects -- Japan -- History -- 19th century; Conservatism -- Japan -- History -- 19th century; Political culture -- Japan -- History -- 19th century; Social change -- Japan -- History -- 19th century; Japan -- History -- Restoration, 1853-1870; Japan -- History -- Meiji period, 1868-1912; Japan -- Politics and government -- 19th century
Description: "The Meiji Restoration of 1868 is one of the most astonishing political events of the modern era, yet it doesn't fit easily with Western precedents of mass mobilization and social transformation. This book challenges some of the preconceptions that have hindered the Restoration being understood on its own terms"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Japan within the world system : urbanization, political stasis, and Western economic expansion; title: The Meiji coup d'etat; title: Mass media and the development of civil culture; title: "The more thorough fulfillment of the Restoration"; title: The imperial household, the popular press, and the contestation of public space; title: Conclusion: Conservatism, traditionalism, and restoration.