Introduction: Understanding Postwar Japan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables ix
4. List of Tables xiv
5. Acknowledgments and Conventions xv
6. Abbreviations xvii
7. Introduction: Understanding Postwar Japan 1
8. Chapter One. Japan Before 1945 12
9. Chapter Two. Occupation and Recovery, 1945–1947 41
10. Chapter Three. The Age of Politics, 1948–1960 85
11. Chapter Four. The Age of the Economy, 1960–1973 126
12. Chapter Five. Japan, the Economic Superpower, 1970s–1980s 171
13. Chapter Six. The 1990s: Era of Unraveling 222
14. Chapter Seven. Japan in the New Millennium 266
15. Epilogue: Whither the Postwar Era 318
16. Notes 323
17. Bibliography 333
18. Index 351
19. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 365