TY - BOOK AB - Spanning the 130-year period between the end of the Tokugawa Era and the end of the Cold War, this book introduces readers to the formation, collapse, and rebirth of the modern Japanese state. It demonstrates how, faced with foreign threats, Japan developed a new governing structure to deal with these challenges and in turn gradually shaped its international environment.--adapted from publisher's description. AU - Kitaoka, Shin'ichi, CN - JQ1631 CN - JQ1631 ID - 889701 LA - eng N1 - "Originally published by Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd in 2011 and 2017 English translation arranged with Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd through Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC)"--T.p. verso. N2 - Spanning the 130-year period between the end of the Tokugawa Era and the end of the Cold War, this book introduces readers to the formation, collapse, and rebirth of the modern Japanese state. It demonstrates how, faced with foreign threats, Japan developed a new governing structure to deal with these challenges and in turn gradually shaped its international environment.--adapted from publisher's description. SN - 9781138337657 SN - 113833765X SN - 9781138337671 SN - 1138337676 T1 - The political history of modern Japan :foreign relations and domestic politics / TI - The political history of modern Japan :foreign relations and domestic politics / ER -