The Making of Modern Japan
{{Short description|Book by Marius Jansen}}
{{Not to be confused with|Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan}}
{{Infobox book
| name = The Making of Modern Japan
| author = Marius Jansen
| language = English
| genre = History
| country = United States
| isbn = 978-0-674-00991-2
| pub_date = January 12, 2000
| publisher = Belknap Press
| pages = 936
| image = The Making of Modern Japan.jpg
}}
The Making of Modern Japan is a 2000 history book by Marius Jansen.
Background
The Making of Modern Japan is the last work by American author Marius Jansen, who died one week after the book was published.{{Cite journal |last=Townsend |first=Susan |title=Reviewed Work: 'The Making of Modern Japan' by Marius B. Jansen |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24425862 |journal=History |volume=87 |page=407 |JSTOR=24425862}} The book details the history of Japan from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 up until 2000,{{Cite news |last=Pye |first=Lucian |date=2009-01-28 |title=The Making of Modern Japan |language=en-US |work=Foreign Affairs |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2001-03-01/making-modern-japan |access-date=2021-11-21}} analysing the changes in Japan's economic policies, education, military, and both high and low culture.{{Cite web |date=2000-12-11 |title=The Making of Modern Japan |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-674-00334-7 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
Reception
Monumenta Nipponica called The Making of Modern Japan a "reliable, solid, and authoritative interpretation of Japan's recent past", but also noted that Jansen sometimes made "broad judgements" that needed further scrutiny.{{Cite journal |last=Lewis |first=Michael |title=Reviewed Work: 'The Making of Modern Japan '|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2668410 |journal=Monumenta Nipponica |volume=56 |pages=255–257 |JSTOR=2668410}} The English Historical Review described the book as "one of the largest, and certainly one of the best" narrative histories of Japan, giving particular praise to its accessible style and tone, and its attention to how changes in Japan affected its neighboring countries.{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=C.S. |title=Reviewed Work: 'The Making of Modern Japan' by Marius B. Jansen |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3490681 |journal=The English Historical Review |volume=119 |pages=1423–1424 |JSTOR=3490681}}
Though they argued that the book was "comprehensive", Pacific Affairs lamented a lack of demographic details, such as changes in the birth and death rates, life expectancy, and epidemiology, which would have given The Making of Modern Japan a "human dimension" that it otherwise lacked.{{Cite journal |last=Alexander |first=Jeff |title=The Making of Modern Japan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40024421 |journal=Pacific Affairs |volume=76 |pages=304–305 |JSTOR=40024421}}
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Category:2000 non-fiction books