{"product_id":"2940016423777","title":"The Constitutional Development of Japan, 1853-1881","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTORY\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. I. (1853-1868). BEGINNING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENT\u003cbr\u003eTHE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT GAVE RISE TO THE MOVEMENT\u003cbr\u003eTHE ACCOUNT OF COMMODORE PERRY'S ARRIVAL BY THE AUTHOR OF GENJE YUME MONOGATARI\u003cbr\u003eDISCUSSION BETWEEN THE PRINCE OF MITO AND THE TOKUGAWA OFFICIALS AT THE COURT OF YEDO\u003cbr\u003eCONCLUSION OF TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN\u003cbr\u003eTHE OLD PRINCE OF MITO, NARIAKI\u003cbr\u003eII KAMON NO KAMI\u003cbr\u003eBOMBARDMENTS OF KAGOSHIMA AND SHIMONOSHEKI\u003cbr\u003eTHE EFFECTS OF THE BOMBARDMENT\u003cbr\u003e1. Showed the Weakness of the Daimios and the Strength of foreigners\u003cbr\u003e2. Showed the Necessity of National Union, and of the Reconstruction of the Administrative Machinery of the Empire\u003cbr\u003eGREAT COUNCILS OF KUGES AND DAIMIOS.\u003cbr\u003e1. Their Nature and Organization\u003cbr\u003e2. How they originated\u003cbr\u003e3. In them lay the Germ of the future Constitutional Parliament of Japan\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. II. (1868-1869). THE RESTORATION\u003cbr\u003eCAUSES OF THE DOWNFALL OF THE SHOGUNATE\u003cbr\u003e1. Revival of Learning\u003cbr\u003e2. Revival of Shintoism\u003cbr\u003e3. Jealousy and Cupidity of the Southern Daimios\u003cbr\u003eTHE RESIGNATION OF THE SHOGUN\u003cbr\u003eTHE MOTIVE OF HIS RESIGNATION\u003cbr\u003eTHE GOVERNMENT OF THE RESTORATION\u003cbr\u003e1. Its Organization\u003cbr\u003e2. Its Departments\u003cbr\u003eFOREIGN POLICY OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT\u003cbr\u003eREMOVAL OF THE CAPITAL TO TOKIO\u003cbr\u003eTHE CHARTER OATH OF THE EMPEROR, APRIL 17, 1869\u003cbr\u003eTHE KOGISHO\u003cbr\u003e1. Its Origin\u003cbr\u003e2. Its Composition\u003cbr\u003e3. Its Nature\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. III. (1869-1871). THE ABOLITION OF FEUDALISM.\u003cbr\u003eMEMORIAL OF PRESIDENT OF THE KOGISHO\u003cbr\u003eABOLITION SCHEME OF SCHOLARS IS BACKED BY THE SOUTHERN DAIMIOS\u003cbr\u003eMEMORIAL OF THE SOUTHERN DAIMIOS\u003cbr\u003eIMPERIAL DECREE OF 1871, ABOLISHING FEUDALISM\u003cbr\u003eCAUSES OF THE OVERTHROW OF FEUDALISM\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. IV. INFLUENCES THAT SHAPED THE GROWTH OF THE REPRESENTATIVE IDEA OF GOVERNMENT\u003cbr\u003eJOHN STEWART MILL'S ENUMERATION OF THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS NECESSARY FOR THE SUCCESS OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT\u003cbr\u003eJAPAN OF 1871 NOT YET READY FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT\u003cbr\u003ePOLITICAL ACTIVITY OF A NATION NOT ISOLATED FROM OTHER SPHERES OF ITS ACTIVITIES\u003cbr\u003eJAPAN'S POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT GREATLY AIDED BY HER SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL, INDUSTRIAL AND RELIGIOUS CHANGES\u003cbr\u003eSKETCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE NON-POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS FROM 1868 TO 1881\u003cbr\u003e1. Means of Communication\u003cbr\u003ea. Telegraph\u003cbr\u003eb. Postal System\u003cbr\u003ec. Railroad\u003cbr\u003ed. Steamers and the Coasting Trade\u003cbr\u003e2. Educational Institutions\u003cbr\u003e3. Newspapers\u003cbr\u003eCHANGES IN LAW AND RELIGION\u003cbr\u003eCHAP. V. (1871-1881). PROGRESS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL MOVEMENT FROM THE ABOLITION OF FEUDALISM TO THE PROCLAMATION OF OCTOBER 12, 1881\u003cbr\u003eLEADERS OF THE RESTORATION\u003cbr\u003eEFFECT OF THE OVERTHROW OF FEUDALISM\u003cbr\u003eTHE IWAKURA EMBASSY\u003cbr\u003eIWAKURA, ITO, INOUYE\u003cbr\u003eFUKUZAWA\u003cbr\u003eTHE PRESS AND ITS INFLUENCES\u003cbr\u003eRI-SHI-SHA AND COUNT ITAGAKI\u003cbr\u003eMEMORIALS OF RI-SHI-SHA TO THE EMPEROR\u003cbr\u003eESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL ASSEMBLIES\u003cbr\u003eTHE PROCLAMATION OF OCTOBER 12, 1881, TO ESTABLISH A PARLIAMENT IN 1890\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173008556272,"sku":"2940016423777","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016423777_p0.jpg?v=1763635372","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016423777","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}