<div class="gmail_quote">The 1992 PBS documentary series <i>The Pacific Century</i> has an hour-long episode entitled "The Meiji Revolution" that focuses on the transition from late Tokugawa to Meiji, and I believe into the beginnings of the Taisho era. I've seen it used in two separate classes before. It's quite accessible, has a wide variety of academic interviewees, and is a neatly detailed account for being so broad. I haven't personally seen any of the other installments all the way through, but the series has installments that bring it current (to 1992):</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><ol style="line-height: 1.5em; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 3.2em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: none; ">
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">The Two Coasts of China: Asia and the Challenge of the West</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">The Meiji Revolution</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">From the Barrel of a Gun</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Writers and Revolutionaries</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Reinventing Japan</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Inside Japan, Inc.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Big Business and the Ghost of Confucius</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">The Fight for Democracy</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Sentimental Imperialists: America in Asia</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">The Pacific Century: The Future of the Pacific Basin</li>
</ol><div>Someone else may know of something more recent, or more chronologically comprehensive, but I've found this a good resource. Good luck!</div><div><br></div><div>John D. Moore</div></span></div><div class="gmail_quote">
<br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Melek Ortabasi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mso1@sfu.ca">mso1@sfu.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
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A practical question for you. I'm looking for a 1 to 1 1/2-hr. documentary on the 1850s to, say, the early part of the 20th century. Bonus points if there's a series that goes up to the present day! It's for a class entitled East/West, where I use the case of Japan to explore Orientalism and other forms of cross-cultural encounter (and conflict). My students are not Asian studies students, and may not know a whole lot about Japan, so I'd like to get through some of the preliminaries in an efficient (but not reductive) fashion. Any suggestions?<br>
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Best,<br>
Melek<br>
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