A Companion to Japanese History

This work provides an authoritative overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japanese history. As with all volumes in this series, it is primarily a research tool for academics and students who wish to study a particular topic, providing as it does ample notes, further reading and extensive bibliographies on each chosen topic for discussion. For instance, if one were to choose chapter twenty‐one as an example; this deals with Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan and is written by Sally Hastings, who is the Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Asian Studies Program at...