Richard J Smethurst

Biographic Data

ID	310255
NAME	Richard J Smethurst
GIVEN NAMES	Richard J
FAMILY NAME	Smethurst
SIGNATURE	SMETHURST R J
AFFILIATIONS	University of Pittsburgh
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	22
TOTAL CITATIONS	11
AUTHOR COUNT	22
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1969
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2023
H-INDEX	2

A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community
Richard J SmethurstBOOKSocial Basis for Prewar Japanese…2023
Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community
Richard J SmethurstBOOKSocial Basis for Prewar Japanese…2023
Planning for War: Elite Staff Officers in the Imperial Japanese Army and the Road to World War II
Open AccessRichard J SmethurstARTICLEJapan focus2020
The Japanese military was led throughout its history from the 1880s until the end of World War II in 1945 by a small group of elite officers who graduated from the Army War College and then served as staff officers and/or commanders in the Army Ministry, the General Staff headquarters, and in field armies in Manchuria, China proper, and elsewhere. These officers were trained to do careful research into the comparative militaries, economies and lo…
Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan by Danny Orbach
Richard J SmethurstARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica2019
Reviewed by: Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan by Danny Orbach Richard J. Smethurst Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan. By Danny Orbach. Cornell University Press, 2017. 384 pages. Hardcover, $39.95. Many writers on Japan’s road to war against China, the United States, Great Britain, and their allies have oversimplified the origins of World War II. Some writers see a Japan with a ravenous appeti…
Japan, the United States, and the Road to World War II in the Pacific
Open AccessRichard J SmethurstARTICLEJapan focus2012
Why did Japan begin World War II by invading China in 1937 and then widen it by attacking the British and Americans in 1941? Were these attacks the outgrowth of a Japanese state with a uniquely intense nationalism, or of a particularly coercive social order, or of economic and social inequalities, or had Japan by the late 1930s entered a stage of late capitalist development that naturally segued into fascism? Was there a direct causal connection …
American Capital And Japan’s Victory In The Russo-Japanese War
Richard J SmethurstCHAPTERRethinking the Russo-japanese War2008
This chapter discusses the story of Takahashi Korekiyo's fascinating life that depended on his English-language ability: his fundraising activities in the City of London and on Wall Street in 1904-5. It puts together a day-by-day account of Takahashi's efforts to sell Japanese treasury bonds abroad to defray the costs of the war against Russia. The efforts of men like Tōgō Heihachiro and Nogi Maresuke not withstanding, without Takahashi and Schif…
Rural economic development in Japan: From the nineteenth century to the Pacific war - Penelope Francks
Open AccessRichard J SmethurstARTICLEThe Economic History Review2007
A Challenge to Orthodoxy and Its Orthodox Critics: A Reply to Nishida Yoshiaki
Richard J SmethurstARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1989
Agricultural Development and Tenancy Disputes in Japan, 1870 to 1940
Ann Waswo, Richard J SmethurstARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1987Cited by: 6
Richard Smethurst shows that the growth of a rural market economy did not impoverish the Japanese farmer. Instead, it led to a general increase in rural prosperity. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these impo…
A response by the author
Richard J SmethurstARTICLEBulletin of Concerned Asian…1987
I was surprised to receive a letter from the editor of BCAS asking me to reply to not one, but two reviews of my book. I am somewhat flattered to be dealt with twice in the same issue of BCAS and would like to take this opportunity to reply first to John Lie's review, “Fascist Japan As Number One,” and then to Herbert Bix's stimulating article, “Class Conflict in Rural Japan: On Historical Methodology.”
Agricultural Development and Tenancy Disputes in Japan, 1870-1940
Penelope Francks, Richard J SmethurstARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1987
Agricultural Development and Tenancy Disputes in Japan, 1870-1940
Richard J Smethurst, Richard SmethurstBOOKAgricultural Development and…1986
Retreat from Reform: Patterns of Political Behavior in Interwar Japan
Richard J Smethurst, Richard Smethurst et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1986
Japanese Landlords: The Decline of a Rural Elite
Richard J Smethurst, Ann WaswoARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1979
Ishiwara Kanji and Japan's Confrontation with the West
Richard J Smethurst, Richard Smethurst et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1976Cited by: 1
A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community
John H Boyle, Richard J SmethurstARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1976
A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community
Thomas R H Havens, Richard J SmethurstARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1975
Farm and Nation in Modern Japan. Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940
Henry D Smith, Thomas R H Havens et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1975
A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism
John M Maki, Richard J SmethurstARTICLEPacific Affairs1975
A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community
Richard J SmethurstCHAPTERSocial Basis for Prewar Japanese…1974
The Creation of the Imperial Military Reserve Association in Japan
Open AccessRichard J SmethurstARTICLEThe Journal of Asian Studies1971Cited by: 4References: 2
In 1910, a group or army officers led by Tanaka Giichi founded die Imperial Military Reserve Association in order to integrate Japanese society around military values. The founders, mostly proteges of Yamagata Aritomo, die chief Meiji period spokesman for unity to increase national wealdi and power, established die organization in 1910 because the already existing unity was under attack. Labor organizations and the influx of morally degenerate an…
Japan's First General Election
Open AccessRichard J Smethurst, Richard SmethurstARTICLEThe Journal of Asian Studies1969
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Japan's First General Election
Open AccessRichard J Smethurst, Richard SmethurstARTICLEThe Journal of Asian Studies1969
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Creation of the Imperial Military Reserve Association in Japan
Open AccessRichard J SmethurstARTICLEThe Journal of Asian Studies1971Cited by: 4References: 2
In 1910, a group or army officers led by Tanaka Giichi founded die Imperial Military Reserve Association in order to integrate Japanese society around military values. The founders, mostly proteges of Yamagata Aritomo, die chief Meiji period spokesman for unity to increase national wealdi and power, established die organization in 1910 because the already existing unity was under attack. Labor organizations and the influx of morally degenerate an…
A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community
Richard J SmethurstCHAPTERSocial Basis for Prewar Japanese…1974
A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community
Thomas R H Havens, Richard J SmethurstARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1975
Farm and Nation in Modern Japan. Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940
Henry D Smith, Thomas R H Havens et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1975
A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism
John M Maki, Richard J SmethurstARTICLEPacific Affairs1975
Ishiwara Kanji and Japan's Confrontation with the West
Richard J Smethurst, Richard Smethurst et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1976Cited by: 1
A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community
John H Boyle, Richard J SmethurstARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1976
Japanese Landlords: The Decline of a Rural Elite
Richard J Smethurst, Ann WaswoARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1979
Agricultural Development and Tenancy Disputes in Japan, 1870-1940
Richard J Smethurst, Richard SmethurstBOOKAgricultural Development and…1986
Retreat from Reform: Patterns of Political Behavior in Interwar Japan
Richard J Smethurst, Richard Smethurst et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1986
Agricultural Development and Tenancy Disputes in Japan, 1870 to 1940
Ann Waswo, Richard J SmethurstARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1987Cited by: 6
Richard Smethurst shows that the growth of a rural market economy did not impoverish the Japanese farmer. Instead, it led to a general increase in rural prosperity. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these impo…
A response by the author
Richard J SmethurstARTICLEBulletin of Concerned Asian…1987
I was surprised to receive a letter from the editor of BCAS asking me to reply to not one, but two reviews of my book. I am somewhat flattered to be dealt with twice in the same issue of BCAS and would like to take this opportunity to reply first to John Lie's review, “Fascist Japan As Number One,” and then to Herbert Bix's stimulating article, “Class Conflict in Rural Japan: On Historical Methodology.”
Agricultural Development and Tenancy Disputes in Japan, 1870-1940
Penelope Francks, Richard J SmethurstARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1987
A Challenge to Orthodoxy and Its Orthodox Critics: A Reply to Nishida Yoshiaki
Richard J SmethurstARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1989
Rural economic development in Japan: From the nineteenth century to the Pacific war - Penelope Francks
Open AccessRichard J SmethurstARTICLEThe Economic History Review2007
American Capital And Japan’s Victory In The Russo-Japanese War
Richard J SmethurstCHAPTERRethinking the Russo-japanese War2008
This chapter discusses the story of Takahashi Korekiyo's fascinating life that depended on his English-language ability: his fundraising activities in the City of London and on Wall Street in 1904-5. It puts together a day-by-day account of Takahashi's efforts to sell Japanese treasury bonds abroad to defray the costs of the war against Russia. The efforts of men like Tōgō Heihachiro and Nogi Maresuke not withstanding, without Takahashi and Schif…
Japan, the United States, and the Road to World War II in the Pacific
Open AccessRichard J SmethurstARTICLEJapan focus2012
Why did Japan begin World War II by invading China in 1937 and then widen it by attacking the British and Americans in 1941? Were these attacks the outgrowth of a Japanese state with a uniquely intense nationalism, or of a particularly coercive social order, or of economic and social inequalities, or had Japan by the late 1930s entered a stage of late capitalist development that naturally segued into fascism? Was there a direct causal connection …
Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan by Danny Orbach
Richard J SmethurstARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica2019
Reviewed by: Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan by Danny Orbach Richard J. Smethurst Curse on This Country: The Rebellious Army of Imperial Japan. By Danny Orbach. Cornell University Press, 2017. 384 pages. Hardcover, $39.95. Many writers on Japan’s road to war against China, the United States, Great Britain, and their allies have oversimplified the origins of World War II. Some writers see a Japan with a ravenous appeti…
Planning for War: Elite Staff Officers in the Imperial Japanese Army and the Road to World War II
Open AccessRichard J SmethurstARTICLEJapan focus2020
The Japanese military was led throughout its history from the 1880s until the end of World War II in 1945 by a small group of elite officers who graduated from the Army War College and then served as staff officers and/or commanders in the Army Ministry, the General Staff headquarters, and in field armies in Manchuria, China proper, and elsewhere. These officers were trained to do careful research into the comparative militaries, economies and lo…
A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community
Richard J SmethurstBOOKSocial Basis for Prewar Japanese…2023
Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism: The Army and the Rural Community
Richard J SmethurstBOOKSocial Basis for Prewar Japanese…2023