Our Middle School Social Studies: The Historical Field[Nihon Shoseki Shinsha] Introduction  The Flow of History and Regional History Investigating Regional History Investigating Through Your Own Efforts Chapter 1  The Dawn of Humanity and Society in Ancient Times Investigating the History of an Area: The Regional Government Office and Kokubunji The Dawn of Humanity and Ancient Civilizations The Dawn of Humanity The Dawn of Civilization and the Rise of World Religions The Spread of Chinese Civilization The Birth of Japan Manufacture of Jômon Pottery The Start of Rice Farming The Rise of the Yamato Government Exchange with China and Korea The Development of the Ancient State The Soga Family and Prince Umayado Conduct Affairs of State The Establishment of the Ritsuryô State The Capital Is Moved to Nara The Heian Capital and the Rise of the Warrior Class The Capital Is Moved to Kyoto The Start of the Government by Regent The Start of the Rule by Retired Emperors The Culture of the Nobility Flourishes Chapter 2  The Establishment of the Society of the Middle Ages and Subsequent Upheaval Investigating Regional History: Discovering the Middle Ages in Our Towns The Start of Warrior Rule The Warriors Establish the Kamakura Shogunate The Progress of Shogunal Government The Mongol Invasions The Era of Civil War and Reversal of the Social Order All-out Civil War between the Northern and Southern Courts Closer Links within East Asia The Growth of Autonomous Villages The People Rise Up The Vigor of the Warriors and the People Helps the Spread of Culture Chapter 3  The Establishment and Growth of Society in Early Modern Times Investigating Regional History: The Beliefs and Religious Services of the Common People Europe's Advance Across the Globe A Single Eurasian Continent Europeans Set Sail Around the World National Unification by the Warriors Europeans Visit Japan Nobunaga and Hideyoshi Unify the Country Hideyoshi Invades Korea The Establishment and Administration of the Edo Shogunate The Edo Shogunate Is Established The Shogunate Excludes Foreigners Growing Civilian Control of the Shogunate and Domains Moving Toward a New Era Agriculture Develops and Cities Thrive Popular Resistance Grows The Government Wavers Chônin [urban bourgeois] Culture Blossoms The Rise of New Types of Scholarship Shogunal Government Reaches an Impasse Chapter 4  Asia and the Establishment of a Modern State Investigating Regional History: War as Engraved on Stone Monuments The Modernization of Europe and the World Popular Revolutions Fuel Modernization The Industrial Revolution Changes Society Western Nations Advance into Asia The Opening of Japan Japan is Caught Up in the Tide of World Affairs Criticism of the Shogunate Mounts The Shogunate Is Brought Down The Meiji Restoration and the Freedom and People's Rights Movement The Birth of a New Government The Government Aims to "Enrich the Country, Strengthen the Military" The Movement to Establish a National Assembly The Growing Clamor for Freedom and Rights The Government Enacts the Imperial Constitution The Invasion of Korea and the Industrial Revolution Japan and China Go to War Japan and Russia Go to War Japan Invades Continental Asia The Advance of the Industrial Revolution Changes to Life in Society The Spread of Modern Culture Chapter 5  Japan and Two World Wars World War I and Global Developments The Start of World War I The Birth of the Soviet Union and the End of the World War An Era of National Self-Determination and International Cooperation Begins Taishô Democracy The Rise of Social Movements The Development of the Party Politics Increasingly Modern Lifestyles and the Popularization of Culture Unease over Economic Depression and War The Global Depression and the Rise of Fascism Economic Depression Affects Japan Japan Invades China The Start of 15 Years of Invasion and War All-Out War Between Japan and China World War II The Start of World War II The People's Lives Become Harder The Defeat of the Fascist Forces Chapter 6  Contemporary Japan and the World Investigating Regional History: Urban and Rural Life in Times of High Economic Growth The Postwar World and the Democratization of Japan The Start of Postwar Reforms The Enactment of the Constitution of Japan New Global Developments and Japan Hostility Between the Two Camps Intensifies Japan Returns to the International Community A New Security Treaty Is Concluded Changes in the People's Lives in the Era of High Economic Growth Japan in a Turbulent World The Era of High Economic Growth Comes to an End Turbulence Around the World Going Deeper With Your Studies Gaining Deeper Insights into History Looking for the Ancestors of Humanity Measuring the Ages of Things The Yoshinogari Ruins What Are the Wooden Flutes Saying? The Protest Letter of the Peasants of the Ategawa Estate The "Market" of Fukuoka Ways of Viewing Minority Peoples The Shakushain War Seeking the Abolition of Class Discrimination Cries of Freedom The North and South of Japan: Hokkaidô and the Ryûkyû Islands A Variety of Opinions on the Russo-Japanese War "Beloved, You Must Not Die!" The Fleeting Greater East Asia Coprosperity Sphere Enemy Faces, Human Faces The Path to Hiroshima and Nagasaki The Industriousness of the Japanese Japan's Postwar Disposition Postwar Japanese Society and Peace Going Deeper With Your Studies Children in History The Ancient Era: The Children of Heiankyô The Middle Ages: Children at Play The Early Modern Era: Children Learning at Terakoya Schools The Modern Era: Children at Work in Factories The Modern Era: War and Children Adobe Acrobat Reader is free software that lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To access PDF files you need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. 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