This introductory text presents an extremely clear and well-written account of the political, social, and economic events from the late Tokugawa society of 1800 to the present.[...]

With this book the editors complete the three-volume series on modern Japanese colonialism and imperialism that began with "The Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895-1945" (Princeton, 1983) and "The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895-1937" (Princeton, 1989). The Japanese military takeover in Manchuria[...]