Japan and Imperialism, 1853-1945

JAMES L. HUFFMAN is H. Orth Hirt Professor of History Emeritus at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. A former journalist, he has taught East Asian history for forty years. Professor Huffman is the author of eight books on Japanese history, including Creating a Public: People and Press in Meiji Japan, Japan in World History, Modern Japan: A History in Documents, and the forthcoming Down and Out in Late-Meiji Japan, which examines the lives of slum dwellers in the 1890s and early 1900s. With his late wife Judith, he also has published translations of two Japanese children's books. Professor Huffman resides in Chicago and is the 2017 recipient of the Association for Asian Studies' Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies Award.