Find out about the political revolution that brought about the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and returned control of the country to direct Imperial rule under the emperor Meiji.  It began  an era of major political, economic, and social change known as the Meiji period (1868-1912). (EB)

 

The Meiji Restoration 

William G. Beasley / Hardcover / Published 1972

Patriots and Redeemers in Japan : Motives in the Meiji Restoration 

George M. Wilson / Paperback / Published 1992

Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration 

Marius B. Jansen / Paperback / Published 1995

The Weak Body of a Useless Woman : Matsuo Taseko and the Meiji Restoration (Women in Culture and Society Series)

Anne Walthall / Hardcover / Published 1998

The Weak Body of a Useless Women : Matsuo Taseko and the Meiji Restoration (Women in Culture and Society Series) 

Anne Walthall / Paperback / Published 1998

Spring  OUT OF THE BOX: Find out about  - Antigua and Barbuda, the island nation of the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea.; composed of three islands, namely Antigua, Barbuda, and uninhabited Redonda, and covers an area of 171 square miles  Formerly British colonies, the islands had free-association status with the United Kingdom from 1967 and achieved full independence in 1981. The capital is St. John's on Antigua. The nation's neighbors include Anguilla to the northwest, St. Kitts and Nevis to the west, and Montserrat to the southwest. The Atlantic Ocean washes Antigua's northeastern shore. The population in 1990 was estimated to be 79,000.  (adapted from the Britannica)

Antigua and Barbuda: A Photographic Journey 

Dana Jinkins, et al / Hardcover / Published 1999 -Beautiful islands, rich in history, and one of the favorite yachting and charter destinations of the Caribbean. Antigua and Barbuda are small islands in the Eastern Caribbean, 27 miles apart but with one government. Populated by Amerindians at the time Columbus sailed to the "New World," they were not settled by Europeans until the Earl of Carlyle claimed them for England in 1625. Although independence was granted in 1981, evidence of British colonial influence can be spotted everywhere. In addition to having a rich history, illuminated by resident Desmond Nicholson's historical essay, Antigua is well known as the yachting and charter center of the Caribbean. One can cruise around Antigua and Barbuda for two weeks without stopping at the same anchorage twice. Jill Bobrow and Dana Jinkins have been coming to these islands for the past twenty-five years. This book is their homage to them.