Paper details:
Detailed explanation is [Japanese Political History 0 1 > Upload your file here fo the winter report until
midnight 17 January, with 3000-5000 words J
Upload your file to the Navi’s bottom task. and bring printed out paper version next day 18 January in the class
to me.
The title of winter report of Japanese political history (course Navi submit until midnight 17 January) would be
as follows.
Explain the way Japan transformed itself into a modern nation state focusing upon just one ((or two)
controversial problem(s) you selected . You must concretely mention the controversy you want to argue in
your report. Its selection is the most important and difficult.
In explaining, you must focus upon the controversial relation(s) between several factors which impinge upon
two or more dimensions (local, national, regional, and international).
For example. importing Western civilizations (its contents might have been problematic) for increasing
national power or decreasing legitimacy to follow Emperor’s causes symbolizing the sacred land (end of Edo).
Another example should be heavy taxation and strong navy, or democracy and constitution with foreign loan
(early stage in Meiji). But new perspectives are more welcomed, if it is very clear and interesting.
Please make your title written first to show the main controversy you want to argue. Without mentioning the
controversy and just putting many facts without your own explanations is a dull and very bad report.
Don’t write any facts without mentioning your own evaluation for explaining the main just one controversy.
Again. the title and the sumarrizing introduction for the title is the most important to show your argument
about the process of modernization of Japanese politics.
Without reading the main textbook you can’t write it well enough to pass the score.
You must make as many footnotes as possible from not only the textbook but related materials
