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This '''Bibliography of Japan''' includes the most useful English language books on [[Japan]]
see also [[History of Japan]]
==Bibliography==
* Huffman, James L., ed. ''Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism.'' Garland, 1998. 316 pp.
* Itasaka, Gen, ed. ''Japan Encyclopedia,'' 9 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha, 19 83.
* Perkins, Dorothy. ''Encyclopedia of Japan: Japanese History and Culture, from Abacus to Zori.'' Facts on File, 1991. 410 pp.
==Geography and guides==
* Cressey George B. ''Asia's Lands and Peoples.'' 1963.
* DK, '' Japan'' (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Japan-Eyewitness-Travel-Guides-Publishing/dp/0756628768/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190467544&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Reiber, Beth, and Janie Spencer. ''Frommer's Japan'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Frommers-Japan-Complete-Beth-Reiber/dp/0471763918/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190467544&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]
* Rowthorn, Chris et al. ''Lonely Planet Japan'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Planet-Japan-Chris-Rowthorn/dp/1740599241/ref=pd_bbs_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190467544&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]
* Trewartha Glenn T. ''Japan: A Physical, Cultural and Regional Geography.'' 1965.
==Economy==
* Grimes, William W. ''Unmaking the Japanese Miracle: Macroeconomic Politics, 1985-2000'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Unmaking-Japanese-Miracle-Macroeconomic-1985-2000/dp/0801488109/ref=sr_1_25/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473710&sr=8-25 excerpt and text search]
* Ito, Takatoshi, Hugh Patrick, and David E. Weinstein. ''Reviving Japan's Economy: Problems and Prescriptions'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Reviving-Japans-Economy-Problems-Prescriptions/dp/0262090406/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473883&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
* Karan, Pradyumna P., and Dick Gilbreath. ''Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, Economy, and Society'' (2005)
* Lincoln, James R., and Michael L. Gerlach. ''Japan's Network Economy: Structure, Persistence, and Change'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Japans-Network-Economy-Persistence-Structural/dp/0521711894/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190474073&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Ohtsu, Makoto. ''Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History, 1960-2000.'' East Gate, 2002. 459 pp.
* Wood, Christopher. ''The Bubble Economy: Japan's Extraordinary Speculative Boom of the '80s And the Dramatic Bust of the '90s'' (2005)
==Government and current affairs==
* Curtis, Gerald L. ''The Logic of Japanese Politics'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Logic-Japanese-Politics-Gerald-Curtis/dp/0231108435/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473476&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]
* Hayes, Louis D. ''Introduction To Japanese Politics'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Japanese-Politics-Louis-Hayes/dp/0765613387/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473476&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Hughes, Christopher W. ''Japan's Re-emergence as a 'Normal' Military Power'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Japans-Re-emergence-Normal-Military-Adelphi/dp/0198567588/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473424&sr=8-10 excerpt and text search]
* Kawabata, Eiji. ''Contemporary Government Reform in Japan: The Dual State in Flux'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Government-Reform-Japan-State/dp/1403971129/ref=sr_1_21/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473212&sr=8-21 excerpt and text search]
* LaFeber, Walter. ''The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations.'' W. W. Norton, 1997. 544 pp.
* Samuels, Richard J. ''Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Securing-Japan-Strategy-Cornell-Security/dp/0801446120/ref=sr_1_31/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190474234&sr=1-31 excerpt and text search]
* Stockwin, J. A.A. ''Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan.'' (2003). 291pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=107546295# online edition]
* Sudo, Sueo ''The International Relations of Japan and South East Asia: Forging a New Regionalism'' Routledge, 2002 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=108136634 online edition]
* Vogel, Steven Kent. ''Japan Remodeled: How Government And Industry Are Reforming Japanese Capitalism'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Japan-Remodeled-Government-Reforming-Capitalism/dp/0801444497/ref=sr_1_11/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473045&sr=8-11 excerpt and text search]
==History==
''For a more detailed bibliography see [[History of Japan]]''
===Surveys===
* Allinson, Gary D. ''The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History.'' Columbia U. Press, 1999. 259 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Columbia-Guide-Modern-Japanese-History/dp/0231111444/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190394878&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Allinson, Gary D. ''Japan's Postwar History.'' Cornell U. Press, (2nd ed 2004). 208 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Japans-Postwar-History-Second-Allinson/dp/0801489121/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190394878&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Beasley, W. G. ''The Modern History of Japan'' Praeger, 1963 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=10327723 online edition]
* Clement, Ernest Wilson. ''A Short History of Japan'' (1915), 190pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=mOoTAAAAIAAJ&dq=intitle:History+intitle:Japan&num=30&as_brr=1 online edition]
* Cullen, L. M. ''A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds'' (2003) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=106045491 online edition]
* Dower, John W. ''War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War.'' Pantheon, 1986. 398 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/War-Without-Mercy-Power-Pacific/dp/0394751728/ref=sr_1_6/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190395020&sr=1-6 excerpt and text search]
* Edgerton, Robert B. ''Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military.'' (1999). 384 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Rising-Sun-Japanese-Military/dp/0813336007/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190395075&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Gordon, Andrew. ''A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present'' Oxford University Press, 2003 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103548936 online edition]; also [http://www.amazon.com/Modern-History-Japan-Tokugawa-Present/dp/0195110617/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190394957&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Hall John W. ''Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times.'' 1970.
* Hane, Mikiso. ''Modern Japan: A Historical Survey'' (2nd ed 1992), 474pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=57239340 online edition]
* Hane, Mikiso. ''Eastern Phoenix: Japan since 1945'' (1996) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=9049214 online edition]
* Hunter Janet. ''Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History.'' 1984.
* Jansen, Marius B. ''The Making of Modern Japan'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Making-Modern-Japan-Marius-Jansen/dp/0674009916/ref=pd_bbs_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188272252&sr=8-5 excerpts and search online]
* McClain, James L. ''Japan: A Modern History.'' W. W. Norton, 2001. 512 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Japan-History-James-L-McClain/dp/039397720X/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190394709&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
* Perez, Louis G. ''The History of Japan'' (1998) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=93932879 online edition]
* Reischauer, Edwin O. and Marius B. Jansen, ''Japanese Today: Change and Continuity'' (2nd ed. 2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Today-Change-Continuity-Enlarged/dp/0674471849/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190467859&sr=8-9 excerpt and text search]
* Tipton, Elise. ''Modern Japan: A Social and Political History'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Japan-Political-Institute-Routledge/dp/0415185378/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205827181&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search]
* Totman, Conrad. ''A History of Japan.'' Blackwell 2nd ed. 2000. 620 pp.; stress on environment [http://www.amazon.com/History-Japan-Blackwell-World/dp/1405123591/ref=sr_1_21/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188272498&sr=8-21 online excerpts and search]
===Specialized studies===
* Dower, John W. ''Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II.'' (1999). 688 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Defeat-Japan-Wake-World/dp/0393320278/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190395020&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Dower, John W. ''War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War.'' (1986). 398 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/War-Without-Mercy-Power-Pacific/dp/0394751728/ref=sr_1_6/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190395020&sr=1-6 excerpt and text search]
* Edgerton, Robert B. ''Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military.'' W. W. Norton, 1999. 384 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Rising-Sun-Japanese-Military/dp/0813336007/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190395075&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Ericson, Steven J. ''The Sound of the Whistle: Railroads and the State in Meiji Japan.'' (1996). 506 pp.
* Iriye, Akira. ''Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War, 1941-1945'' (1981),
* LaFeber, Walter. ''The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations.'' (1997). 544 pp.
* Mosk, Carl. ''Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth.'' M. E. Sharpe, 2001. 293 pp.
* Ohtsu, Makoto. ''Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History, 1960-2000.'' East Gate, 2002. 459 pp.
* Sumiya, Mikio, ed. ''A History of Japanese Trade and Industry Policy.'' (2000). 662 pp.
* Umesao, Tadao. ''An Ecological View of History: Japanese Civilization in the World Context.'' Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2003. 208 pp.
===Cultural history===
* Dumoulin, Heinrich. ''Zen Buddhism: A History. Vol. 2. Japan.'' Macmillan, 1989. 509 pp.
* Guttmann, Allen and Thompson, Lee. ''Japanese Sports: A History.'' U. of Hawai`i Press, 2001. 368 pp.
* Kitagawa Joseph M. ''Religion in Japanese History.'' 1966.
* Kuitert, Wybe. ''Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art'' U. of Hawai`i Pr., 2002. 283 pp.
* Leiter, Samuel L. ''A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance.'' M. E. Sharpe, 2002. 430 pp.
* Mason, Penelope. ''History of Japanese Art.'' Abrams, 1993. 431 pp.
* Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. ''A History of Japanese Economic Thought'' Routledge, 1991 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=108793096 online edition]
* Roberts, Laurance P. A. ''Dictionary of Japanese Artists.'' Tokyo: 1976.
* Sansom, Sir George B. ''Japan, A Short Cultural History.'' 1978. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=23172776 online edition]
* Standish, Isolde. ''A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film.'' New York: Continuum, 2005. 452 pp.
* Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. ''Modern Japanese Thought.'' Cambridge U. Press, 1998. 403 pp.
===Primary sources===
* Huffman, James L. ed. ''Modern Japan: A History in Documents'' (2004)
* Tsunoda, Ryusaku, W. T. de Bary, and Donald Keene, eds. ''Sources of Japanese Tradition.'' 1958.
[[Category:Japan]]
[[Category:Japanese Histgory]]
[[Category:Bibliographies]]
see also [[History of Japan]]
==Bibliography==
* Huffman, James L., ed. ''Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism.'' Garland, 1998. 316 pp.
* Itasaka, Gen, ed. ''Japan Encyclopedia,'' 9 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha, 19 83.
* Perkins, Dorothy. ''Encyclopedia of Japan: Japanese History and Culture, from Abacus to Zori.'' Facts on File, 1991. 410 pp.
==Geography and guides==
* Cressey George B. ''Asia's Lands and Peoples.'' 1963.
* DK, '' Japan'' (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Japan-Eyewitness-Travel-Guides-Publishing/dp/0756628768/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190467544&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Reiber, Beth, and Janie Spencer. ''Frommer's Japan'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Frommers-Japan-Complete-Beth-Reiber/dp/0471763918/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190467544&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]
* Rowthorn, Chris et al. ''Lonely Planet Japan'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Lonely-Planet-Japan-Chris-Rowthorn/dp/1740599241/ref=pd_bbs_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190467544&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]
* Trewartha Glenn T. ''Japan: A Physical, Cultural and Regional Geography.'' 1965.
==Economy==
* Grimes, William W. ''Unmaking the Japanese Miracle: Macroeconomic Politics, 1985-2000'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Unmaking-Japanese-Miracle-Macroeconomic-1985-2000/dp/0801488109/ref=sr_1_25/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473710&sr=8-25 excerpt and text search]
* Ito, Takatoshi, Hugh Patrick, and David E. Weinstein. ''Reviving Japan's Economy: Problems and Prescriptions'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Reviving-Japans-Economy-Problems-Prescriptions/dp/0262090406/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473883&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
* Karan, Pradyumna P., and Dick Gilbreath. ''Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, Economy, and Society'' (2005)
* Lincoln, James R., and Michael L. Gerlach. ''Japan's Network Economy: Structure, Persistence, and Change'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Japans-Network-Economy-Persistence-Structural/dp/0521711894/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190474073&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Ohtsu, Makoto. ''Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History, 1960-2000.'' East Gate, 2002. 459 pp.
* Wood, Christopher. ''The Bubble Economy: Japan's Extraordinary Speculative Boom of the '80s And the Dramatic Bust of the '90s'' (2005)
==Government and current affairs==
* Curtis, Gerald L. ''The Logic of Japanese Politics'' (2000) [http://www.amazon.com/Logic-Japanese-Politics-Gerald-Curtis/dp/0231108435/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473476&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]
* Hayes, Louis D. ''Introduction To Japanese Politics'' (2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Japanese-Politics-Louis-Hayes/dp/0765613387/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473476&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Hughes, Christopher W. ''Japan's Re-emergence as a 'Normal' Military Power'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Japans-Re-emergence-Normal-Military-Adelphi/dp/0198567588/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473424&sr=8-10 excerpt and text search]
* Kawabata, Eiji. ''Contemporary Government Reform in Japan: The Dual State in Flux'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Government-Reform-Japan-State/dp/1403971129/ref=sr_1_21/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473212&sr=8-21 excerpt and text search]
* LaFeber, Walter. ''The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations.'' W. W. Norton, 1997. 544 pp.
* Samuels, Richard J. ''Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia'' (2007) [http://www.amazon.com/Securing-Japan-Strategy-Cornell-Security/dp/0801446120/ref=sr_1_31/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190474234&sr=1-31 excerpt and text search]
* Stockwin, J. A.A. ''Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan.'' (2003). 291pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=107546295# online edition]
* Sudo, Sueo ''The International Relations of Japan and South East Asia: Forging a New Regionalism'' Routledge, 2002 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=108136634 online edition]
* Vogel, Steven Kent. ''Japan Remodeled: How Government And Industry Are Reforming Japanese Capitalism'' (2006) [http://www.amazon.com/Japan-Remodeled-Government-Reforming-Capitalism/dp/0801444497/ref=sr_1_11/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190473045&sr=8-11 excerpt and text search]
==History==
''For a more detailed bibliography see [[History of Japan]]''
===Surveys===
* Allinson, Gary D. ''The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History.'' Columbia U. Press, 1999. 259 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Columbia-Guide-Modern-Japanese-History/dp/0231111444/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190394878&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Allinson, Gary D. ''Japan's Postwar History.'' Cornell U. Press, (2nd ed 2004). 208 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Japans-Postwar-History-Second-Allinson/dp/0801489121/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190394878&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Beasley, W. G. ''The Modern History of Japan'' Praeger, 1963 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=10327723 online edition]
* Clement, Ernest Wilson. ''A Short History of Japan'' (1915), 190pp [http://books.google.com/books?id=mOoTAAAAIAAJ&dq=intitle:History+intitle:Japan&num=30&as_brr=1 online edition]
* Cullen, L. M. ''A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds'' (2003) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=106045491 online edition]
* Dower, John W. ''War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War.'' Pantheon, 1986. 398 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/War-Without-Mercy-Power-Pacific/dp/0394751728/ref=sr_1_6/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190395020&sr=1-6 excerpt and text search]
* Edgerton, Robert B. ''Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military.'' (1999). 384 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Rising-Sun-Japanese-Military/dp/0813336007/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190395075&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Gordon, Andrew. ''A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present'' Oxford University Press, 2003 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103548936 online edition]; also [http://www.amazon.com/Modern-History-Japan-Tokugawa-Present/dp/0195110617/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190394957&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Hall John W. ''Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times.'' 1970.
* Hane, Mikiso. ''Modern Japan: A Historical Survey'' (2nd ed 1992), 474pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=57239340 online edition]
* Hane, Mikiso. ''Eastern Phoenix: Japan since 1945'' (1996) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=9049214 online edition]
* Hunter Janet. ''Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History.'' 1984.
* Jansen, Marius B. ''The Making of Modern Japan'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Making-Modern-Japan-Marius-Jansen/dp/0674009916/ref=pd_bbs_5/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188272252&sr=8-5 excerpts and search online]
* McClain, James L. ''Japan: A Modern History.'' W. W. Norton, 2001. 512 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Japan-History-James-L-McClain/dp/039397720X/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190394709&sr=1-8 excerpt and text search]
* Perez, Louis G. ''The History of Japan'' (1998) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=93932879 online edition]
* Reischauer, Edwin O. and Marius B. Jansen, ''Japanese Today: Change and Continuity'' (2nd ed. 2004) [http://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Today-Change-Continuity-Enlarged/dp/0674471849/ref=sr_1_9/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190467859&sr=8-9 excerpt and text search]
* Tipton, Elise. ''Modern Japan: A Social and Political History'' (2002) [http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Japan-Political-Institute-Routledge/dp/0415185378/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205827181&sr=8-4 excerpt and text search]
* Totman, Conrad. ''A History of Japan.'' Blackwell 2nd ed. 2000. 620 pp.; stress on environment [http://www.amazon.com/History-Japan-Blackwell-World/dp/1405123591/ref=sr_1_21/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1188272498&sr=8-21 online excerpts and search]
===Specialized studies===
* Dower, John W. ''Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II.'' (1999). 688 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Embracing-Defeat-Japan-Wake-World/dp/0393320278/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190395020&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Dower, John W. ''War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War.'' (1986). 398 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/War-Without-Mercy-Power-Pacific/dp/0394751728/ref=sr_1_6/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190395020&sr=1-6 excerpt and text search]
* Edgerton, Robert B. ''Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military.'' W. W. Norton, 1999. 384 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Rising-Sun-Japanese-Military/dp/0813336007/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190395075&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Ericson, Steven J. ''The Sound of the Whistle: Railroads and the State in Meiji Japan.'' (1996). 506 pp.
* Iriye, Akira. ''Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War, 1941-1945'' (1981),
* LaFeber, Walter. ''The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations.'' (1997). 544 pp.
* Mosk, Carl. ''Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth.'' M. E. Sharpe, 2001. 293 pp.
* Ohtsu, Makoto. ''Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History, 1960-2000.'' East Gate, 2002. 459 pp.
* Sumiya, Mikio, ed. ''A History of Japanese Trade and Industry Policy.'' (2000). 662 pp.
* Umesao, Tadao. ''An Ecological View of History: Japanese Civilization in the World Context.'' Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2003. 208 pp.
===Cultural history===
* Dumoulin, Heinrich. ''Zen Buddhism: A History. Vol. 2. Japan.'' Macmillan, 1989. 509 pp.
* Guttmann, Allen and Thompson, Lee. ''Japanese Sports: A History.'' U. of Hawai`i Press, 2001. 368 pp.
* Kitagawa Joseph M. ''Religion in Japanese History.'' 1966.
* Kuitert, Wybe. ''Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art'' U. of Hawai`i Pr., 2002. 283 pp.
* Leiter, Samuel L. ''A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance.'' M. E. Sharpe, 2002. 430 pp.
* Mason, Penelope. ''History of Japanese Art.'' Abrams, 1993. 431 pp.
* Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. ''A History of Japanese Economic Thought'' Routledge, 1991 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=108793096 online edition]
* Roberts, Laurance P. A. ''Dictionary of Japanese Artists.'' Tokyo: 1976.
* Sansom, Sir George B. ''Japan, A Short Cultural History.'' 1978. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=23172776 online edition]
* Standish, Isolde. ''A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film.'' New York: Continuum, 2005. 452 pp.
* Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. ''Modern Japanese Thought.'' Cambridge U. Press, 1998. 403 pp.
===Primary sources===
* Huffman, James L. ed. ''Modern Japan: A History in Documents'' (2004)
* Tsunoda, Ryusaku, W. T. de Bary, and Donald Keene, eds. ''Sources of Japanese Tradition.'' 1958.
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