Table of Contents

The Meiji renovation; the consolidation of the Meiji state and the growth of political opposition, 1878-1890;the constitutional experiment and the beginning of compromise politics, 1890-1905; political party consolidation, oligarchic reaction and the emergence of new forces, 1905-1918; party cabinets, radical movements and the collapse of Taisho democracy, 1918-1932; the pursuit of greater national unity and the war state, 1932-1945; the postwar reshaping of Japanese politics, 1945-1952; the "1955 System" and the era of LDP dominance, 1952-1993; the shake-up of Japanese politics, 1993-2000.

Reviews

'Superbly designed and printed, the front cover a veritable work of art, illustrated throughout, while standards of academic publishing steadily decline, what a pleasure to see a book as well produced as this. The book's content fully matches expectations. To complete such a comprehensive, lucid survey of Modern Japan's stormy and tortuous political history from 1868 to the present day is an impressive achievement.' -Jnl Royal Asiatic Society