A collection of lectures by Shosuke Sato, who was temporarily living in the US as an Exchange Professor, compiled in 1915. Elucidates and explains Japan’s rise during the Meiji Era (1868-1912), when Japan decided to modernize and industrialize.
Chapters include:
- From Old Feudalism to New Imperialism
- Local Autonomy and Constitutional Government
- Finance: The Past and Present
- Agricultural Credit and Rural Sociology
- A Comparative Economic Retrospect of Agriculture in Great Britain and Japan
- Social Reforms and Changes since the Restoration
- The Educational System and Religious Movements
- Some Characteristics of Japanese Agriculture
- A Brief Outline of Land Holding in Japan
- Commercial and International Relations
- The Present Status of Women in Japan