ABSTRACT

The end of the Cold War years has brought tumultuous change. Revolutionary changes, however, are not new to the Japanese.

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|13 pages

The Meiji Restoration

Japan's attempt to inherit China

chapter 4|11 pages

Tradition as justification for change

History in the service of the Japanese government (1869–1893)

chapter 5|24 pages

Between revolution and reaction

The Japanese women's movement in the Taisho era

chapter 6|19 pages

Green before their time?

The pre-war Japanese anarchist movement 1

chapter 8|9 pages

The post-surrender democratisation of Japan

Was it a revolution?

chapter 9|12 pages

A revolution in labour law?

The fate of the trade union act in post-war Japan

chapter 11|16 pages

Yellow Athena

The Japanese model and the East European revolution