Collected Writings of Gordon Daniels

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Part I  Bakumatsu and Meiji: Anglo-Japanese Relations and Westerners in Japan......Page 30
1 The Japanese Civil War (1868)—A British View......Page 31
NOTES......Page 48
2 The Anglo-Japanese Alliance— The Diplomacy of Two Island Empires 1894–1907......Page 52
3 The British Role in the Meiji Restoration: A Re-interpretive Note......Page 54
NOTES......Page 70
4 A Diplomat in Japan An Introduction......Page 74
NOTES......Page 79
5 Britain and Japan, 1858–1883......Page 80
6 Japan’s First General Election 1890......Page 82
7 Illusions about El Dorado of untapped bullion......Page 84
8 E.H.House—Japan’s American Advocate......Page 87
NOTES......Page 92
9 Sir Harry Parkes and the Meiji Government 1868–1883......Page 95
NOTES......Page 103
10 Foreigners in Meiji Japan......Page 104
11 Saigo Takamori: The Man Behind the Myth......Page 106
12 The Political Thought of Mori Arinori: A Study in Meiji Conservatism......Page 108
13 The Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the British Press......Page 111
NOTES......Page 117
Part II  Japan in the Pacific War: Bombing, Society, Culture & the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey......Page 120
14 The Great Tokyo Air Raid, 9–10 March 1945......Page 121
NOTES......Page 137
15  The Evacuation of Schoolchildren in Wartime Japan......Page 140
NOTES......Page 146
16 Taira: A Provincial City in the Pacific War......Page 154
NOTES......Page 162
17 Introduction to A Guide to the Reports of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey......Page 166
NOTES......Page 179
18 Before Hiroshima: The Bombing of Japan, 1944–45......Page 182
NOTES ON FURTHER READING......Page 187
THE HOME FRONT......Page 188
PREPARATION FOR TOTAL WAR......Page 189
TOWARDS WORLD WAR......Page 191
RISING TENSIONS IN 1941......Page 192
THE START OF THE PACIFIC WAR......Page 193
MIDWAY AND THE TROUBLES OF 1943......Page 194
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE BEGINNING OF THE END......Page 196
 DOMESTIC LIFE, ECONOMY, AND WAR EFFORT......Page 199
DEFENCE FORCES AND CIVIL DEFENCE......Page 207
CULTURE......Page 209
Defence forces and civil defence......Page 214
Part III  The Allied Occupation of Japan, 1945–52: Reform, International Rivalries and British Policies......Page 216
21 Nationalist China in the Allied Council: Policies Towards Japan, 1946–52......Page 217
NOTES......Page 229
22 The British Parliament and Occupied Japan, 1945–52......Page 233
NOTES......Page 242
Government policy......Page 243
Trade union diplomacy......Page 249
Labour Party diplomacy......Page 251
Parliamentary opinion......Page 252
Commercial opinion......Page 256
The Union of Democratic Control......Page 258
NOTES......Page 259
24 Social Reform in Postwar Japan: British Perspectives on Education and Land Reform......Page 261
NOTES......Page 268
Japan’s active involvement......Page 270
Enfranchisement of women......Page 271
Reform of education......Page 272
Women’s influence......Page 273
Balance of influence?......Page 274
NOTES......Page 275
26 Asakai Kōichirō and Occupied Japan......Page 276
27 New Zealand and the Occupation of Japan......Page 283
NOTES......Page 291
28 The American Occupation of Japan, 1945–52......Page 297
NOTES......Page 308
29 The Re-Education of Imperial Japan......Page 315
NOTES......Page 326
30 From Benevolence to Enmity: Britain and Japanese Communism, 1945–50......Page 330
NOTES......Page 342
31  The Social History of Occupied Japan: Some Sources and Problems......Page 345
NOTES......Page 348
32 When did the American Occupation of Japan Really End? Japanese-American Relations 1952–1960......Page 352
NOTES......Page 359
Part IV  Japanese History, Historiography and Historians......Page 361
33 Major American Publications on Japanese History, 1970–75, and their Post-War Setting......Page 362
NOTES......Page 367
RECENT PUBLICATIONS......Page 368
34 The History of Kyoto for Foreigners......Page 370
35 Japanese Historiography......Page 372
Reading......Page 374
36 Rethinking Japan, 1937–1945......Page 376
FOR FURTHER READING:......Page 382
37 Sir George Sansom (1883–1965): Historian and Diplomat......Page 383
NOTES......Page 393
38 The Historiography of Postwar Japan: A Survey of Surveys......Page 396
Part V  Postwar Japanese Foreign Relations and Euro-Japanese Relations......Page 403
39 Foreign Relations......Page 404
40 Japanese Foreign Policy and its Problems......Page 408
NOTES......Page 418
41 Japan in the Post-War World: Between Europe and the United States......Page 420
NOTES......Page 429
42 EC-Japan: Past, Present and Future......Page 431
Part VI  Radio, Cinema, Sport and Propaganda......Page 438
43 The BBC and Japan, 1925–1945......Page 439
NOTES......Page 452
44 Japan and Indonesia, 1940–46: Film Evidence and Propaganda......Page 455
NOTES......Page 460
45 Japanese Broadcasting in the Pacific War......Page 470
NOTES......Page 476
46 Tradition and Modernity in Japanese Film Propaganda: Nippon Nyūsu, 1940– 1945......Page 478
NOTES......Page 482
47 Japanese Domestic Radio and Cinema Propaganda, 1937–1945: An Overview......Page 485
NOTES......Page 503
48 Japanese Sport: From Heian Kyo to Tokyo Olympiad......Page 506
NOTES......Page 517
49 Japanese History as Film, Japanese Film as History......Page 521
NOTES......Page 533
Part VII  Japanese Studies and Anglo-Japanese Academic Cooperation......Page 534
50 Japanese Studies in Anglo-Japanese Cultural Relations......Page 535
51 The Future of Japanese Studies in Britain......Page 538
NOTES......Page 541
52 Japanese Studies in Britain, 1945–88......Page 542
NOTES......Page 547
Epilogue......Page 550
53 Elites, Governments and Citizens: Some British Perceptions of Japan, 1850–2000......Page 551
NOTES......Page 561
OTHER WRITINGS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS COLLECTION......Page 564
Film Index......Page 565
Index......Page 567