History of Japan, from 1853 to the present day under the leadership of Christian Galan and Jean-Marc Olivier Sommaire PREFACE by Christian Galan and Jean-Marc Olivier EN GUISE D’INTRODUCTION: A metastory of the post-war Japanese historiography — Carol Gluck MODERNISATION (1853-1889) On the issue of temporality at the beginning of the Meiji era — Laurent Nespoulos Japan 1868, 1872, 1879, 1890: when education makes history... — Christian Galan The development of industry...