£38.02

Harvard University Press Rethinking Japan's Modernity: Stories and Translations (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

Price data last checked 115 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£38 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 8 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 138 days • 138 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£40.32 £37.79 £38.34 £38.89 £39.45 £40.00 £40.55 01 October 2025 04 November 2025 08 December 2025 11 January 2026 15 February 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 138 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
20 days · current 118 days 0 30 59 89 118 £38 £40 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £40 (118 days, 85.5%)

Price range: £38 - £40

Price levels: 2 different prices over 138 days

Description

History is not one story, but many. In Rethinking Japan’s Modernity, M. William Steele takes a new look at the people, places, and events associated with Japan’s engagement with modernity, starting with American Commodore Matthew Perry’s arrival in Japan in 1853. In many cases, this new look derives from visual sources, such as popular broadsheets, satirical cartoons, ukiyo-e and other woodblock prints, postcards, and photographs. The book illustrates the diverse, and sometimes conflicting, perceptions of people who experienced the unfolding of modern Japan. It focuses both on the experiences of people living the events “at that time” and on the reflections of others looking back. Also included are three new translations―two of them by Japan’s pioneer Westernizer, Fukuzawa Yukichi, and another by Mantei Ōga―parodying Fukuzawa’s monumental work advocating Western learning. These and other stories show how Japanese views of modernity evolved over time. Each chapter is prefaced with a short introduction to the topic covered and historiographical approach taken, allowing each to stand alone as well as support the overall goal of the work―to inform and challenge our understanding of the links between Japan’s past, present, and future.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
25 October 2024
Listed Since
04 March 2024

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

The Travel Journals of Mathilde, Contessa Sallier de La Tour into the Interior of Japan, 1867-1870, including Letters, Notes and Sketches
96% match

The Travel Journals of Mathilde, Contessa Sallier de La Tour into the Interior of Japan, 1867-1870, including Letters, Notes and Sketches

£676.20 28 Jan 2026
Routledge - Alternative Narratives in Modern Japanese History
95% match

Routledge - Alternative Narratives in Modern Japanese History

Routledge

£120.00 19 Apr 2026
Sir Rutherford Alcock: First British Minister to Japan (1859-1865), Consul (1844-1859) and Minister (1865-1870) to China
95% match

Sir Rutherford Alcock: First British Minister to Japan (1859-1865), Consul (1844-1859) and Minister (1865-1870) to China

Amsterdam University Press

£123.43 23 Jan 2026
The Visual Culture of Meiji Japan: Negotiating the Transition to Modernity (Routledge Research in Art History)
95% match

The Visual Culture of Meiji Japan: Negotiating the Transition to Modernity (Routledge Research in Art History)

£124.86 07 Jan 2026
Meiji Japan in Global History
95% match

Meiji Japan in Global History

Routledge

£136.11 15 Apr 2026
95% match

The Diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1861-1869 (Collected Works of Japanologists)

Edition Synapse

£202.14 23 Jan 2026
The Iwakura Mission to America and Europe: A New Assessment (Meiji Japan)
95% match

The Iwakura Mission to America and Europe: A New Assessment (Meiji Japan)

Routledge

£165.81 16 Feb 2026
Japan as Seen by American Women in Christian Missions, 1913-1934 (ES 5-vol. set) (Japan As Seen by Western Women in Christian Mission, 3)
95% match

Japan as Seen by American Women in Christian Missions, 1913-1934 (ES 5-vol. set) (Japan As Seen by Western Women in Christian Mission, 3)

Edition Synapse

£1,242.00 10 Dec 2025
Modern Japan: Aspects of History, Literature and Society: 3 (Studies on Modern Asia and Africa)
95% match

Modern Japan: Aspects of History, Literature and Society: 3 (Studies on Modern Asia and Africa)

Routledge

£106.83 24 Feb 2026
Japan as Seen by British Women (ES 5-vol. set)
95% match

Japan as Seen by British Women (ES 5-vol. set)

Edition Synapse

£1,288.00 26 Jan 2026
Science, Technology, and Medicine in the Modern Japanese Empire (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)
95% match

Science, Technology, and Medicine in the Modern Japanese Empire (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)

Routledge

£147.10 16 Apr 2026
Beyond the Metropolis: Second Cities and Modern Life in Interwar Japan (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian in) (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute)
95% match

Beyond the Metropolis: Second Cities and Modern Life in Interwar Japan (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian in) (Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute)

University of California Press

£49.45 23 Feb 2026
Japan as Seen by American Women (ES 5-vol. set) (Japan As Seen by American Women in Christian Mission, Series II)
95% match

Japan as Seen by American Women (ES 5-vol. set) (Japan As Seen by American Women in Christian Mission, Series II)

Edition Synapse

£920.00 24 Jan 2026
The Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05
95% match

The Tide at Sunrise: A History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05

Routledge

£147.20 23 Jan 2026
Tradition and Modernization in Japanese Culture (Studies in the Modernization of Japan)
95% match

Tradition and Modernization in Japanese Culture (Studies in the Modernization of Japan)

Princeton University Press

£78.00 27 Feb 2026
Routledge Japan And Asian Modernities - Japanese Studies Book
95% match

Routledge Japan And Asian Modernities - Japanese Studies Book

Routledge

£140.35 17 Apr 2026
Japan and Britain after 1859: Creating Cultural Bridges
95% match

Japan and Britain after 1859: Creating Cultural Bridges

Routledge

£45.99 19 Feb 2026
Routledge - Japan and Britain after 1859: Cultural Bridges
95% match

Routledge - Japan and Britain after 1859: Cultural Bridges

Routledge

£142.19 21 Apr 2026
American Empire in the Pacific: From Trade to Strategic Balance, 1700-1922 (The Pacific World: Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900)
95% match

American Empire in the Pacific: From Trade to Strategic Balance, 1700-1922 (The Pacific World: Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900)

Routledge

£190.00 08 Jan 2026
The Limits of Westernization: American and East Asian Intellectuals Create Modernity, 1860 – 1960 (Routledge Studies in Modern History)
95% match

The Limits of Westernization: American and East Asian Intellectuals Create Modernity, 1860 – 1960 (Routledge Studies in Modern History)

Routledge

£48.33 13 Feb 2026
Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
95% match

Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

£50.32 07 Jan 2026
Japan in the Heisei Era (1989–2019): Multidisciplinary Perspectives
94% match

Japan in the Heisei Era (1989–2019): Multidisciplinary Perspectives

£117.35 09 Dec 2025
Tradition and Modernization in Japanese Culture (Studies in the Modernization of Japan)
94% match

Tradition and Modernization in Japanese Culture (Studies in the Modernization of Japan)

Princeton University Press

£210.00 31 Jan 2026
The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History (Columbia Guides to Asian History)
94% match

The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History (Columbia Guides to Asian History)

Columbia University Press

£27.98 21 Feb 2026