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In 1868, samurai radicals overthrew the last shogun in the name of ancient Japanese ways. Then they took an opposite course, building a modern Japanese state with the help of Western advisors. This book explains the paradox of the Meiji Restoration: revering the ancient past while embracing the foreign and new.
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To Stand with the Nations of the World, Mark Ravina
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- Released
- 2020
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mark Ravina
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 328
- ISBN10
- 0190088370
- ISBN13
- 9780190088378
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Japan, Asia
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
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- In 1868, samurai radicals overthrew the last shogun in the name of ancient Japanese ways. Then they took an opposite course, building a modern Japanese state with the help of Western advisors. This book explains the paradox of the Meiji Restoration: revering the ancient past while embracing the foreign and new.