Modern Japan

Christopher Goto-Jones, Professor of Modern Japan Studies, University of Leiden

出版者:Oxford University Press

作者:Christopher Goto-Jones

页数:176

出版时间:2009-8-15

价格:USD 11.95

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780199235698

丛书系列:Very Short Introductions

图书标签:日本VSI历史日本历史英文原版History日本研究Oxford

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Looks at many contemporary concerns and issues in Japan - exploring its history, economy, politics, and culture

Examines what it means to call Japan a 'modern' society, and what 'modern' has meant to the Japanese

Debunks many myths, for example explaining how Japan was never completely isolated from the outside world: even during the long period of so-called sakoku (isolationism, 1601-1853)

Examines the continuity between pre-Pacific War Japan, and post-war Japan

Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and computer games all the way through to cars, semiconductors, and management techniques. In many ways, Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains something of an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the alien and the familiar, the ancient and modern. The aim of this Very Short Introduction is to explode the myths and explore the reality of modern Japan - by taking a concise look at its history, economy, politics, and culture.

Readership: Anyone with an interest in modern Japan, including tourists, policymakers, business people, students, and academics. The book is a quick way to get up to speed on debates on modern Japan without having to tackle a lot of specialist literature.

读后感

从镰仓幕府开始，一直到21世纪，日本历史的大致梳理。天皇对于日本的重要性贯穿始终，它成为了大众认为的政权合法化的唯一标准，甚至宪法的地位也在其之下。丰臣秀吉没有得到天皇的承认，因此一直不被大众承认，最终被推翻。二百多年的德川幕府时代，为后边日本的发展打下了基...  

西方世界由于技术进步，走在了世界的前列，压制着后来崛起的新兴的民族国家，而这些国家在反抗压制的过程中逐渐找回自身的自信或者找到自己的民族的根本。日本人走的多了点，挑战西方列强的同时，摧毁了自己在东方的生存环境，以至于它不得不抛弃自己的传统，加入到西方序列，...  

用户评价

内容非常introductory又引人思考。就写作上而言，真是模范开头，中间严格地控制节奏，再加上模范结尾。大家都说开头重要，但是这么好的结尾好久没看到过了。There is a question the author leads from the beginning to the end.

5/5-5/7/2020)写得不错，覆盖内容挺多也很清楚。从黑船开航开头（还有它之前的织田信长到幕府，让我补了一下从《银魂》里学到的知识233）讲到了90年代，帮我梳理了一下时间线。高光出现在三岛由纪夫，他小胸一挺，小胯一歪，霹雳吧啦地对着军队痛心疾首一番，然鹅，听众毫无反应，因为根本听不到他叨叨了啥。。。我感觉这段作者就是来搞笑的（扶额

Succinct and Beautiful. The history of the emergence of a modern country.

導論對「現代」的概念很清晰，不賣弄，值得參考。

细致入微的同时能做到宏观把握，一书知日。