Political History of Japan During the Meiji Era, 1867-1912

First Published in 1966. In this book, the author has endeavours to supply the information which is essential to the formation of accurate judgments as to the meaning of Japanese policy by reviewing her modern political history, describing her system of government, and explaining her national ambitions. McLaren presents a careful survey of the evolution of the existing political institutions of Japan and an enumeration of the powers exercised by the various authorities and the bureaucracy. The author then follows the history of the Japanese Diet from its establishment in 1890 until the beginning of 1913 - assessing the political parties, their internal dissensions as well as their struggles with the various oligarchic Cabinets.

Walter Wallace McLaren

Part 1 The Reconstruction Period; Chapter 1 The Restoration Movement; Chapter 2 The Policy of the Restoration Party; Chapter 3 The Abolition of Feudalism; Chapter 4 The Government and its Critics; Chapter 5 The Reconstruction of the Central and Local Governments; Chapter 6 The Growth of Representative Institutions; Chapter 7 Political Issues and Morality; Chapter 8 End of the Reconstruction Period; Part 2 The Parliamentary Regime; Chapter 9 The First Four Years; Chapter 10 The Chino-Japanese War; Chapter 11 Militarism and Clan Government; Chapter 12 The Russo-Japanese War; Chapter 13 Japan on the Continent of Asia; Chapter 14 The End of the Meiji Era; Chapter 15 Political System in Japan;