Ẓuhūr-i Zhāpun-i mudirn: Persian 1401

It is now widely recognized that Japan has been the most successful in achieving modernization among countries outside of Europe and North America. The transformation from a feudal society with Confucian ethics to a "modern and Western economy" is depicted in this book. This clear and authoritative book examines the history of Japan from the mid-19th century to the present day. This chart shows the dramatic rise of Japan, a society that leaped from feudal organization to early industrial forms in little more than a generation—an incredibly harrowing experience for the Japanese as they left the traditional, Asian way of life behind and into modern life. and moved west. The book examines the tumultuous decades of the 1930s and an empire of victories and defeats between 1937 and 1945 and examines the major changes after 1945, including the astonishing economic growth that occurred from the 1950s. This revised edition covers the economic recession and dramatic political upheavals of the 1990s and takes Japan's history to the end of the 20th century. This book was first published in 1963. The author, William J. Beasley began a major revision of it in 1987 and, after thirteen years, republished it in 2000. He is an emeritus professor of Far Eastern History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a member of the British Academy and an honorary member of the Japanese Academy. The translation of the final parts of the book was accompanied by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan (late 2009/early 2011). Considering the earthquake-proneness of both countries, Japan and Iran, this unfortunate event, in addition to the enormous loss of life and money caused by the leakage of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, can be a benchmark for comparing the way the two countries respond to such issues. natural disasters and reflect on them.