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The Meiji Restoration of mid-nineteenth-century Japan was the outgrowth of upheaval as vital as the American Civil War or the French Revolution, and marked the beginnings of Japan as a forward-looking, unified state. The author tells the story of this crucial period of Japanese history through the career of a national hero, Sakamoto Ryoma, with Sak



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*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. ix*I. Sakamoto's Japan, pg. 1*II. The Response to the West, pg. 51*III. The Loyalist Years, pg. 93*IV. Service with Katsu, pg. 153*V. The Satsuma-Choshu Alliance, pg. 185*VI. The Kaientai, pg. 223*VII. The Eight-Point Program, pg. 271*VIII. Restoration, pg. 312*IX. The Restoration in Tosa, pg. 347*Chronological Tables, pg. 379*List of Works Cited, pg. 382*A Note on Sources, pg. 389*Biographical Notes, pg. 401*Index, pg. 417

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691625898, 978-0691625898
      ISBN10: 0691625891

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Meiji Restoration of mid-nineteenth-century Japan was the outgrowth of upheaval as vital as the American Civil War or the French Revolution, and marked the beginnings of Japan as a forward-looking, unified state. The author tells the story of this crucial period of Japanese history through the career of a national hero, Sakamoto Ryoma, with Sak



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Introduction, pg. ix*I. Sakamoto's Japan, pg. 1*II. The Response to the West, pg. 51*III. The Loyalist Years, pg. 93*IV. Service with Katsu, pg. 153*V. The Satsuma-Choshu Alliance, pg. 185*VI. The Kaientai, pg. 223*VII. The Eight-Point Program, pg. 271*VIII. Restoration, pg. 312*IX. The Restoration in Tosa, pg. 347*Chronological Tables, pg. 379*List of Works Cited, pg. 382*A Note on Sources, pg. 389*Biographical Notes, pg. 401*Index, pg. 417

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