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Table of Contents of Japanese History and Culture from Ancient to Modern Times: Seven Basic Bibliographies

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

1. Ancient & Medieval Japan: From the Earliest Times through the Sixteenth Century

  • General Works: Historical Overview
  • General Works: Socio-Cultural & Intellectal Overviews
  • Gods & Heroes: The Mythic World
  • Prehistory: The Linguistic & Archaeological Record
  • Protohistory: The Great Tombs & the Invasion Controversy
  • Protohistory: Emergence of the Imperial State
  • The Nara & Heian Periods: Secondary Sources
  • The Courtly Society in Its Own Words
  • Feudal Japan & the Warrior Society
  • Land, Labor & Commerce Before 1600
  • Feudal Culture Before 1600
  • Medieval Literature (Except War Chronicles) in Translation
  • The “Way of the Warrior”
  • Religion
  • Folktales & Folklore
  • Art & Music

2. Early Modern & Modern Japan, 1600-1945

  • General Works
  • Tokugawa: General
  • Tokugawa: Economic
  • Tokugawa: Intellectual
  • Tokugawa: Popular Culture
  • Tokugawa: Ways of the Warrior
  • Bakumatsu / Restoration
  • Conflict & Rebellion in Tokugawa & Early Meiji
  • Meiji: State & Politics
  • Meiji: Thought & Culture
  • Tokugawa-Meiji: First hand Materials
  • Economic Development
  • Labor & Industrial Relations
  • Landlord, Tenant & the Rural Sector
  • “Taisho Democracy”
  • The Political Left
  • Nationalism & the Emperor System
  • “Fascism,” Militarism & the Showa Crisis
  • Imperialism, Colonialism & War
  • Society, Culture & Law
  • Education & Science
  • Philosophy & Religion
  • Women
  • Minority Groups: Outcastes, Koreans & Ainu
  • Literature

3. Japan Abroad: Foreign Relations, Empire, & War from the Restoration to 1945

  • Overviews
  • Basic Case Studies for 1868-1945
  • Meiji Policy
  • World War I & Interwar Crisis
  • Taiwan (Formosa)
  • Korea
  • China Relations to 1931
  • Russia & the U.S.S.R
  • Great Britain
  • U.S. Relations to 1931
  • Germany
  • The Manchurian Incident & Aftermath
  • The Road to War, 1932-1941
  • “Japan’s Case”
  • Ideologies of Empire
  • Economics of Empire
  • Japan at War: General Studies
  • The Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945
  • Southeast Asia & the Co-Prosperity Sphere
  • The War in Japanese Eyes
  • The Atomic Bombs
  • I.M.T.F.E. & Other War Crime Trials

4. Japan & the Crisis in Asia, 1931-1945: ‘Primary’ Materials in English

  • English-Language Press in Japan
  • English-Language Press in China
  • Periodicals Publishes Prior to 1945
  • Yearbooks, etc. (Japan)
  • Yearbooks, etc (China, Asia & the West)
  • General Collections of Official Documents
  • League of Nations Materials for 1931-1933
  • Japanese Materials in English
  • Official U.S. Publications
  • U.S. Archival Material from Commercial Sources
  • British Archival Materials from Commercial Sources
  • Other Archival Materials from Commercial Sources
  • I.M.T.F.E. & Other War Crime Trials
  • Accounts by Participants

5. Occupied Japan & the Cold War in Asia

  • General Sources
  • Contemporary Accounts (1945-1952)
  • Memoirs
  • Official SCAP History
  • Economic Issues
  • Land & Labor
  • Political Activity
  • Other Special Subjects
  • The Occupation in Global Perspectives
  • Basic Documentary Collections & Official Publications
  • Accesible Declassified Archives
  • The Cold War in Asia: Country & Regional Studies

6. Bibliographies & Research Guides

  • Guides to Western-Language Materials
  • English Guides to Japanese Materials

7. Journals & Other Serial Publications

Index of Names

About the Authors