The political ideas of modern Japan
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The preparation of this monograph was first of all sug- gested by the absence in foreign libraries of a literature deal- ing with the Politics — especially the political ideas — of modern Japan.
The economic phenomena of modern Japan have been much written about in foreign languages, but the domain of politicail thought has been left singularly untouched. Dr. lyenaga's Constitutional Development of Japan, BlwA Mr. H. Furuya's System Refresentatif au Jafon (Bruxelles, 1899) are, so far as I am aware, the only works of the kind published in English and French respectively.
Admirable as are these works, these authors do not discuss the development of politi- cal ideas which wrought out marvelous changes in modern Japan.
That such an important and interesting subject as the political ideas of a nation, which is now steadily coming to the front in the arena of the international rivalry, has been ignored, is a matter of profound regret. The modest ambition of the author of this monograph is to break the ground with the hope of directing attention to a hitherto uncultivated field.
he book details :Author: Karl Kawakami
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Company:Iowa City, IA : University Press
