The State and the Mass Media in Japan, 1918-1945

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. First edition (unstated). Hardcover. Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, extremely rubbed front board-top corner, very gentle rubbing to three corners, faint soiling to fore-edges, light highlighting underlines to few pages throughout book, pale spotting to front free endpaper, tight binding, bright pages, barcode sticker to rear DJ, extremely mild rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, else very good(+) in near fine(-) DJ. in near fine dust-jacket. Octavo in grey DJ, color illus to front DJ, xvi, 335 pages, 24 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Contents: Democracy and Liberty Under Party Governments, 1918-1932 --; The Meiji Heritage --; Early Meiji Press Policy, 1868-1889 --; The Primacy of Administrative Policymaking --; The Constitution and Press Controls --; The Diet and Press Policy: The Newspaper Law of 1909 --; Democracy and the Mass Media: Introductory Remarks --; The Press --; Administrative and Judicial Sanctions --; Censorship Standards --; The Modest Impact of Administrative Controls --; Subjugation of the Radical Left --; The Range of Acceptable Criticism --; The Failure of Liberal Reform --; Film --; Bureaucratic Policymaking: The Regulations of 1925 --; Administrative Control in Practice --; Censorship Standards --; Radio --; Bureaucratic Planning for Radio --; Democratic Government and Radio Policy --; Terms of the First Broadcasting Licenses --; The Founding of NHK --; Program Control in Practice --; Personnel and Financial Controls --; Intrastate Conflicts over Radio --; Comparative Analysis --; Policymaking in a Democratic-Bureaucratic Regime --; The Disparity between Democratic and Liberal Values --; Administrative Revolution Under Military-Bureaucratic Rule, 1937-1945 --; Transition to Military Rule, 1932-1937 --; Party Decline and Military Ascendancy --; The Growing Statism of Party Politicians --; Censorship of the Right --; Planning for Mobilization --; NHK and Creation of the United News Agency --; Mobilizational Military Regimes: The First Generation --; The Press: The Consultation System --; Early Wartime Mobilization --; The Consultation Format --; Mobilization Directives. Government and the press -- Japan.