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| Author | : Joy Hendry |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2002-09-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1134691572 |
First published in 1986, Interpreting Japanese Society became something of a classic in the field. In this newly revised and updated edition, the value of anthropological approaches to help understand an ancient and complex nation is clearly demonstrated. While living and working in Japan the contributors have studied important areas of society. Religion, ritual, leisure, family and social relations are covered as are Japanese preconceptions of time and space - often so different from Western concepts. This new edition of Interpreting Japanese Society shows what an important contribution research in such a rapidly changing industralised nation can make to the subject of anthropology. It will be welcomed by students and scholars alike who wish to find refreshing new insights on one of the world's most fascinating societies.
| Author | : David Luke Howell |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 1995-01-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780520086296 |
Japan's stunning metamorphosis from an isolated feudal regime to a major industrial power over the course of the nineteeth and early twentieth centuries has long fascinated and vexed historians. In this study, David L. Howell looks beyond the institutional and technological changes that followed Japan's reopening to the West to probe the indigenous origins of Japanese capitalism.
| Author | : Bert Edström |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 9781873410868 |
For students of Japanese history, politics and international studies, this text is a review of intellectual traditions, mutual and alternative images, and case studies of the Japanese and relations with Europe.
| Author | : Brian J. McVeigh |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 295 |
| Release | : 2014-07-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1317913043 |
Written by an experienced teacher and scholar, this book offers university students a handy "how to" guide for interpreting Japanese society and conducting their own research. Stressing the importance of an interdisciplinary approach, Brian McVeigh lays out practical and understandable research approaches in a systematic fashion to demonstrate how, with the right conceptual tools and enough bibliographical sources, Japanese society can be productively analyzed from a distance. In concise chapters, these approaches are applied to a whole range of topics: from the aesthetics of street culture; the philosophical import of sci-fi anime; how the state distributes wealth; welfare policies; the impact of official policies on gender relations; updated spiritual traditions; why manners are so important; kinship structures; corporate culture; class; schooling; self-presentation; visual culture; to the subtleties of Japanese grammar. Examples from popular culture, daily life, and historical events are used to illustrate and highlight the color, dynamism, and diversity of Japanese society. Designed for both beginning and more advanced students, this book is intended not just for Japanese studies but for cross-cultural comparison and to demonstrate how social scientists craft their scholarship.
| Author | : Takao Matsumura |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2014-09-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1317883934 |
The history of Imperial Japan, from the Meiji Restoration through to defeat and occupation at the end of the Second World War, is central to any understanding of the way in which modern Japan has developed and will continue to develop in the future. This wide-ranging accessible and up-to-date interpretation of Japanese history between 1868 and 1945 provides both a narrative and analysis. Describing the major changes that took place in Japanese political, economic and social life during this period, it challenges widely-held views about the uniqueness of Japanese history and the homogeneity of Japanese society.
| Author | : Gordon Daniels |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 646 |
| Release | : 2004-03-01 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1135311862 |
Originally a student of Meiji Japan, Gordon Daniels is widely known for his work on the Pacific War and the Occupation of Japan, with particular regard to the world of communications in film and propaganda as well as Japanese sport. He has also been closely involved with the post-war era of international relations and Japan, as well as studies in Japanese history and historiography. In the 1980s he made significant contributions in reporting on the scope and development of Japanese Studies in Britain. His most recent work has been as joint editor (and contributor) with Chushichi Tsuzuki of Social and Cultural Perspectives - the fifth of the five-volume series on the history of Anglo-Japanese Relations (Palgrave, 2002).
| Author | : Janet Hunter |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2004-02-24 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1134432003 |
During the period of industrialisation in Japan from the 1870s to the 1930s, the textile industry was Japan's largest manufacturing industry, and the country's major source of export earnings. It had a predominantly female labour force, drawn mainly from the agricultural population. This book examines the institutions of the labour market of this critical industry during this important period for Japanese economic development. Based on extensive original research, the book provides a wealth of detail, showing amongst other things the complexity of the labour market, the interdependence of the agricultural and manufacturing sectors, and the importance of gender. It argues that the labour market institutions which developed in this period had a profound effect on the labour market and labour relations in the postwar years.
| Author | : Christopher Aldous |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2014-04-08 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1134759819 |
Many Western commentators have expressed their admiration for the Japanese police system, tracing its origins to the American Occupation of Japan (1945-52). This study challenges the assumptions that underlie these accounts, focusing on the problems that attended the reform of the Japanese police during the Occupation. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, Christopher Aldous explores the extent to which America failed in it's goal of 'democratizing' the Japanese police force, arguing that deeply-rooted tradition, the pivotal importance of the black market, and the US's decision to opt for an indirect Occupation produced resistance to reform. His study concludes with a consideration of the postwar legacy of the Occupation's police reform, and touches on a number of recent controversies, most notably the case of Aum Shinrikyo.
| Author | : W. J. Macpherson |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 108 |
| Release | : 1995-09-14 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780521557924 |
Concise overview of Japanese economic history between 1868 and 1941, with a comprehensive guide to further reading (now updated to 1994).
| Author | : Stephen S. Large |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780415143233 |
The influential articles reprinted in this set, with a major new introduction, offer a rich variety of perspectives on this vital and controversial period in twentieth-century Japanese history.
