Political Thought in Early Meiji Japan 1868-1889.
Cambridge, Mass. Harvard U.P., 1969. Second printing. Stock ID #34138 Detailed study of the political thought of the early Meiji period. Proving that the main concern of the Meiji elite was to build a strong, centralised national state, somewhat on the pattern of modern Western governments, the author discusses their motives and the measures they adopted to reach their goal, such as the abolition of special privileges enjoyed by the upper classes, educational reform, conscription, and the beginnings of a merit system within the new bureaucracy. Publisher's description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 34138.
vi + 250pp, index, bibliography, glossary, hardback, price-clipped dustjacket little soiled with few closed tears, otherwise a good, clean copy.
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