Booth Library has a large collection of learning resources to support the study of the history of Modern Japan by undergraduates, graduates and faculty. The materials are held in the reference collection, the main book holdings, the journal collection and the online full-text databases. Books and journal articles from other libraries may be obtained using interlibrary loan.
A list of selected works on the history of Modern Japan that are held by the library can be found here.
Return to this guide at booth.eiu.edu/his4880
electronic format here
Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History … REF DS881.9 .H86 1984
Encyclopedia of Modern Asia … REF DS4 .L48 2002
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia … REF DS805 .J263 1993
Japan Encyclopedia … REF DS821 .F73 2002
To find books on the history of Modern Japan, browse the shelves in these call numbers for the following subject areas:
DS833-891.5 Japan History
DS894.215-897 Japan Local history and description
To find primary sources in the print format search use the EIU Library Catalog. Link to the library catalog here.
Examples of primary souces for the history of Modern Japan in the Booth Library collection are:
Japan: A Documentary History … DS835 .J37 1997
Japan at War: An Oral History … Stacks D811.A2 C62 1992
Journal of the Perry Expedition to Japan (1853-1854) … HathiTrust via EIU Library Catalog
Logbook of the Captain's Clerk: Adventures in the China Seas … Stacks DS507 .S49 1995
Modern Japan: A History in Documents … Stacks DS881.9.H85 2004