This study is a comprehensive analysis of the Marxist debate in Japan over how capitalism developed in that country.

Originally published in 1987.

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Germaine A. Hoston

• FrontMatter,
• CONTENTS,
• List of Tables,
• Preface,
• Acknowledgments,
• ONE. The Setting: Political, Economic, and Intellectual Currents in Taisho 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,