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A Handbook of Modern Japan

Chapter 27: BIBLIOGRAPHY.
By Ernest W. Clement
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The work surveys Japan’s physical geography, economy, transport, daily life, customs, and national character, then reviews both older and modern history alongside constitutional, local, and legal institutions. It examines religion, philosophy, literature, education, aesthetics, social change, and the role of women, and it assesses Japan’s international position including wartime and expansion topics. The author presents social transformation as largely government-directed, with conservative popular attitudes contrasted against progressive official reforms. Organized into concise chapters with maps, illustrations, and bibliographies, the volume functions as a compact handbook offering an overview of contemporary conditions and references for further study.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

The same as the preceding chapter, with the addition of “The Intercourse between the United States and Japan” (Nitobe); “Matthew Calbraith Perry,” “Townsend Harris,” and “Verbeck of Japan” (all by Griffis); “Advance Japan” (Morris); and Perry’s Expedition (official report).

On the early history of New Japan there are many valuable works by Alcock, Black, Dickson, Dixon (W. G.), House, Lanman, Mounsey, Mossman, and others. See also Satow’s translation of “Kinse Shiriaku.” On the war with China (1894, 1895), see “Heroic Japan” (Eastlake and Yamada); and on the lessons and results of that war, see “The New Far East” (Diosy). “The Awakening of Japan” (Okakura), “The White Peril in the Far East” (Gulick), and “Young Japan” (Scherer) trace thoughtfully the development of New Japan. “Dai Nippon” (Dyer), chaps, ii. and iv., may be read with profit. “The Progress of Japan, 1853-1871” (Gubbins), covers thoroughly part of this period.