Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- ONE. The Setting: Political, Economic, and Intellectual Currents in TaishÅ Japan -- TWO. Internal Factors Shaping the Debate: The Evolution of Marxism in Japan to 1927 -- THREE. The Stimulus from Without: Comintern Theses on Japan, 1922-1932 -- FOUR. The Challenge: Takahashi Kamekichi and the Theory of Petty Imperialism -- FIVE. The Development of Capitalism in Japan -- SIX. The Asiatic Mode of Production and the Periodization of Japanese History -- SEVEN. The Emperor System and the Marxist Theory of the State -- SEVEN. The Emperor System and the Marxist Theory of the State 179 EIGHT. The Agrarian Problem: -- NINE. Postwar Developments: The Continuing Controversy -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
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