The Age of Visions and Arguments: Parliamentarianism and the National Public Sphere in Early Meiji Japan

by Kyu Hyun Kim

The Meiji Restoration of 1868 inaugurated a period of great change in Japan; it is seldom associated, however, with advances in civil and political rights. By studying parliamentarianism--the theories, arguments, and polemics marshaled in support of a representative system of government--Kyu Hyun Kim uncovers a much more complicated picture of this era than is usually given.

Bringing a fresh perspective as well as drawing on seldom-studied...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674017765
• ISBN13: 9780674017764
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 520 Pages