JAP100 History 5.3 Anpo, Shocks, the Bubble, and Beyond
This lecture will begin with a look at the political turmoil and unrest in Japan during the 1950s and 1960s that were resolved—or at least sublimated—by the 1970 paradigm. The early 1970s, just as thi...
20 Okt 20211h 12min
JAP100 History 5.1 Year Zero Redux: A-Bombs, Surrender, Occupation
We will start off by looking at the road to surrender, and continue on to the road to reform and recovery. Along the way, we will consider the place of the atomic bombings in Japan’s defeat and surren...
18 Okt 20211h 22min
JAP100 History: 3.2 Late Meiji, Korea
This lecture will consist of four distinct parts, arranged only partially in chronological order. The first will consist of a look at some of the less positive reaction to Japan’s rise and its victory...
18 Okt 20211h 14min
JAP100 History 5.2 All We Need is a Miracle (Reverse Course to High Growth and the 1964 Tokyo Games)
This lecture will examine the so-called “reverse course” taken by the American occupiers after 1947; the “1955 system” of rule by the Liberal Democratic Party and the related “iron triangle” of conser...
18 Okt 20211h 13min
JAP100 History: 4.2 War, Coprosperity, Defeat
The Manchurian Incident (1931), the establishment of a puppet state in Manchuria (19329, and the decision to leave the League of Nations (1933) changed Japan’s international trajectory. In the 1920s, ...
29 Sep 20211h 1min
JAP100 History: 4.1 The Dark Valley
In this episode, we will be looking first at developments in Japanese society, starting with the murders and coup attempts of the period of “government by assassination.” Next, we will cover the trans...
24 Sep 20211h 10min
JAP100 History (Optional) Gender in Early 20th Century Japan
A bonus episode about gender roles and politics from Meiji to the 1930s, with a peek into the 1940s.
11 Sep 202139min
JAP100 History: 3.3 Interwar Japan
This class will look at the ups and downs of Japanese history in the first decades of the twentieth century. Japan enjoyed military triumphs, a booming and industrializing economy, international prest...
4 Sep 20211h 55min
