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日本维新史:日本明治时期的政治与经济

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提起日本,就不得不提到明治维新。明治维新在日本历史上具有划时代的意义,它是日本从封建社会转变到资本主义社会的极为重要的里程碑,是日本由封建弱小的国家转变为资本主义强国的转折点。明治维新究竟是怎么样的一种革命?这种革命与世界其他国家所发生的动荡有何不同?日本如何走过过渡期,走到现代化进程的起点?改革时期,又面对了哪些阻力?

《日本维新史》从政治、经济、外交等角度梳理日本明治维新时期的历史,探讨日本如何在内忧外患的情况下,从封建国家迅速过渡到现代国家,分析日本在现代化过程中的特质及背后的原因。

作者既以纵向角度探讨日本的政治、文化传统对明治维新的影响,也从横向角度比较世界其他地区的反封建、反殖民革命,如与英国圈地运动、法国大革命进行对比,阐明日本资本主义发展在农村地区的特殊性;又与中国进行比较,探讨在面对西方殖民与贸易扩张时,日本与清廷在应对方式上的异同。透过比较,读者能够更好理解日本明治维新的一般性与特殊性。

本书作者赫伯特·诺曼是著名的日本史学家,长期从事日本历史的相关研究,曾任职于加拿大驻日使馆,因此本书既参考日文一手文献,也引用西方学者对明治维新的研究成果,是日本明治维新史的经典之作。

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1940

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August 23, 2025
Intelligent, lucid and marxist-tinged analysis of the forces in Japanese society that lead to the Meiji restauration and beyond. Some hardcore scholarship in here, with tons of obscure sources cited, especially Japanese ones. There's really so much interesting hard-to-find infirmation in here, absolutely great book and it still holds up fine despite it's age. The parts where Norman was off due to lack of information in his time are ironed out by the essays at the end of the book. Definitely give it a read if you are interested in Japan and deep political and economical analysis.
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