Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Analytical Foundations 23
7. Chapter 2. Defining the Regimes of Prewar Japan 45
8. Chapter 3. Political Institutions under the Meiji Constitution 77
9. Chapter 4. The Semi-Democratic Regime, 1918–1926 87
10. Chapter 5. The Semi-Democratic Regime, 1926–1929 103
11. Chapter 6. The Semi-Democratic Regime, 1929–1932 125
12. Conclusion 159
13. Notes 175
14. Selected Bibliography 207
15. Index 233