Bibliography of Japan

This Bibliography of Japan includes the most useful English language books on Japan see also History of Japan

Bibliography

• Huffman, James L., ed. Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. Garland, 1998. 316 pp.
• Itasaka, Gen, ed. Japan Encyclopedia, 9 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1983, beautifully illustrated; articles by scholars
• Perkins, Dorothy. Encyclopedia of Japan: Japanese History and Culture, from Abacus to Zori. Facts on File, 1991. 410 pp.

Geography and guides

• Cressey George B. Asia's Lands and Peoples. 1963.
• DK, Japan (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (2007) excerpt and text search
• Reiber, Beth, and Janie Spencer. Frommer's Japan (2006) excerpt and text search
• Rowthorn, Chris et al. Lonely Planet Japan (2005) excerpt and text search
• Trewartha Glenn T. Japan: A Physical, Cultural and Regional Geography. 1965.

Economy

• Grimes, William W. Unmaking the Japanese Miracle: Macroeconomic Politics, 1985-2000 (2002) excerpt and text search
• Ito, Takatoshi, Hugh Patrick, and David E. Weinstein. Reviving Japan's Economy: Problems and Prescriptions (2005) excerpt and text search
• Karan, Pradyumna P., and Dick Gilbreath. Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, Economy, and Society (2005)
• Lincoln, James R., and Michael L. Gerlach. Japan's Network Economy: Structure, Persistence, and Change (2007) excerpt and text search
• Ohtsu, Makoto. Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History, 1960-2000. East Gate, 2002. 459 pp.
• Wood, Christopher. The Bubble Economy: Japan's Extraordinary Speculative Boom of the '80s And the Dramatic Bust of the '90s (2005)

Government and current affairs

• Curtis, Gerald L. The Logic of Japanese Politics (2000) excerpt and text search
• Hayes, Louis D. Introduction To Japanese Politics (2004) excerpt and text search
• Hughes, Christopher W. Japan's Re-emergence as a 'Normal' Military Power (2006) excerpt and text search
• Kawabata, Eiji. Contemporary Government Reform in Japan: The Dual State in Flux (2006) excerpt and text search
• LaFeber, Walter. The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations. W. W. Norton, 1997. 544 pp.
• Samuels, Richard J. Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia (2007) excerpt and text search
• Stockwin, J. A.A. Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan. (2003). 291pp online edition
• Sudo, Sueo The International Relations of Japan and South East Asia: Forging a New Regionalism Routledge, 2002 online edition
• Vogel, Steven Kent. Japan Remodeled: How Government And Industry Are Reforming Japanese Capitalism (2006) excerpt and text search

History

For a more detailed bibliography see History of Japan

Surveys

• Allinson, Gary D. The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History. (1999). 259 pp. excerpt and text search
• Allinson, Gary D. Japan's Postwar History. Cornell U. Press, (2nd ed 2004). 208 pp. excerpt and text search
• Beasley, W. G. The Modern History of Japan Praeger, 1963 online edition
• Clement, Ernest Wilson. A Short History of Japan (1915), 190pp online edition
• Cullen, L. M. A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds (2003) online edition
• Dower, John W. War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. Pantheon, 1986. 398 pp. excerpt and text search
• Edgerton, Robert B. Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military. (1999). 384 pp. excerpt and text search
• Gordon, Andrew. A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present Oxford University Press, 2003 online edition; also excerpt and text search
• Hall John W. Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times. 1970.
• Hane, Mikiso. Modern Japan: A Historical Survey (2nd ed 1992), 474pp online edition
• Hane, Mikiso. Eastern Phoenix: Japan since 1945 (1996) online edition
• Hunter Janet. Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. 1984.
• Jansen, Marius B. The Making of Modern Japan (2002) excerpts and search online
• McClain, James L. Japan: A Modern History. W. W. Norton, 2001. 512 pp. excerpt and text search
• Perez, Louis G. The History of Japan (1998) online edition
• Reischauer, Edwin O. and Marius B. Jansen, Japanese Today: Change and Continuity (2nd ed. 2004) excerpt and text search
• Tipton, Elise. Modern Japan: A Social and Political History (2002) excerpt and text search
• Totman, Conrad. A History of Japan. (2nd ed. 2000). 620 pp.; stress on environment online excerpts and search

Specialized studies

• Dower, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. (1999). 688 pp. excerpt and text search
• Dower, John W. War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. (1986). 398 pp. excerpt and text search
• Edgerton, Robert B. Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military. W. W. Norton, 1999. 384 pp. excerpt and text search
• Ericson, Steven J. The Sound of the Whistle: Railroads and the State in Meiji Japan. (1996). 506 pp.
• Iriye, Akira. Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War, 1941-1945 (1981),
• LaFeber, Walter. The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations. (1997). 544 pp.
• Mosk, Carl. Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth. M. E. Sharpe, 2001. 293 pp.
• Ohtsu, Makoto. Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History, 1960-2000. East Gate, 2002. 459 pp.
• Sumiya, Mikio, ed. A History of Japanese Trade and Industry Policy. (2000). 662 pp.
• Umesao, Tadao. An Ecological View of History: Japanese Civilization in the World Context. Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2003. 208 pp.

Cultural history

• Dumoulin, Heinrich. Zen Buddhism: A History. Vol. 2. Japan. (1989). 509 pp.
• Guttmann, Allen and Thompson, Lee. Japanese Sports: A History. (2001). 368 pp.
• Kitagawa Joseph M. Religion in Japanese History. 1966.
• Kuitert, Wybe. Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art (2002). 283 pp.
• Leiter, Samuel L. A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance. (2002). 430 pp.
• Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art. (1993). 431 pp.
• Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. A History of Japanese Economic Thought Routledge, 1991 online edition
• Roberts, Laurance P. A. Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Tokyo: 1976.
• Sansom, Sir George B. Japan, A Short Cultural History. 1978. online edition
• Standish, Isolde. A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film. (2005). 452 pp.
• Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Modern Japanese Thought. (1998). 403 pp.

Primary sources

• Huffman, James L. ed. Modern Japan: A History in Documents (2004)
• Tsunoda, Ryusaku, W. T. de Bary, and Donald Keene, eds. Sources of Japanese Tradition. 1958.