Japan by the Japanese A Survey by Its Highest Authorities; Ed by Alfred Stead

Written in 1904 by leading Japanese statesmen and citizens themselves, after forty years of unprecedented change, this unique work portrays Japan not just as a land of artists and quaint peoples, but as an emerging, modern power on the world stage. Both a gazette of Meiji Japan and a volume of history in the making, this is a highly important documentary source. Among the chapters of particular interest are "The Constitution of the Empire" by Marquis Hirobumi Ito, "The Growth of the Army" by Field Marshall Yamagata and the "History of Financial Development" by Count Inouye, as well as chapters on the education and position of women by Baron Suyematsu and Professor Naruse. There has never before or since been such a revealing account of Japan by its leading insiders, and the roots of Japan today and in the future can be seen clearly in this work.Stead, Alfred is the author of 'Japan by the Japanese A Survey by Its Highest Authorities; Ed by Alfred Stead', published 2007 under ISBN 9780710311948 and ISBN 071031194X.