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A UQ Library search using the phrase Japanese history will display the library holdings on the topic. You can limit your results by content type, subject terms, publication date, and language using the filters on the right.
Find books about Japanese history in the Central Library at call numbers DS833 to DS891.5
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Introductory resources
Transnational Japan As History by Publication Date: 2016This volume looks at the history of Japan from a transnational perspective. It brings to the fore the interconnectedness of Japan's history with the wider Asian-Pacific region and the world. This interconnectedness is examined in the volume through the themes of empire, migration, and social movements.
The Cambridge history of Japan. Volumes 1 -6Volume 1: Ancient Japan
Volume 2: Heian Japan
Volume 3: Medieval Japan
Volume 4: Early Modern Japan
Volume 5: The Nineteenth Century
Volume 6: The Twentieth Century
A companion to Japanese history by Publication Date: 2007This overview of current scholarship on the history of Japan, providing a balanced treatment of traditional themes with coverage of recent trends, debates, and emerging perspectives.
Modern Japan's Place in World History by ISBN: 9811995923Publication Date: 2023This Open Access book includes chapters on the key turning points in modern Japanese history from the Meiji Restoration to Japan-China diplomatic normalization in the 1970s and beyond. The topics covered include the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, the First and Second World Wars, the Manchurian Crisis, the US Occupation, postwar Japan-China relations, and postwar decolonization.
Reconsidering Postwar Japanese History by ISBN: 9048559383Publication Date: 2023After war defeat in 1945, Japan underwent historic political, economic and social transformations resulting in the country's rebirth as an economic powerhouse and exemplar of liberal democracy in East Asia. This handbook expands and enriches our understanding of this tumultuous contemporary era in Japan's modern history.
Specialised databases
Search these databases for more specific articles related to Japanese History
- JSTORThe JSTOR archive of digitised full text journals, covering arts and sciences but does not include current issues.
- Asia and the West : Diplomacy and Cultural ExchangeFeatures primary source collections related to international relations between Asian countries and the West during the 19th century. These documents include government reports, diplomatic correspondences, periodicals, newspapers, treaties, trade agreements, and NGO papers.
- Foreign Office files for Japan, 1919-1952Provides full-text searchable access to formerly restricted top level discussions and correspondence from the British Embassy and consulate in Japan. Includes memoranda, reports, minute sheets and correspondence, along with detailed assessments of key events and speeches.
- Arts and humanities citation indexA multidisciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. It fully covers a large number of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, and it indexes individually selected, relevant items from major science and social science journals.
- Asia-studies full-text onlineFulltext and statistical studies which APEC conducts on Asian economies - finance, trade, environment, human resources development, best practices in government, education and women's studies. Includes industry-specific studies on the internet, technology, telecommunications, tourism.