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The growth idea : purpose and prosperity in postwar Japan

Tác giả: Scott O'Bryan

This work traces the history of growth as an object of social scientific knowledge and as an analytical paradigm that came to govern the terms by which Japanese understood their national purposes and imagined a materialist vision of social and individual prosperity.

Race for the exits : the unraveling of Japan's system of social protection

Tác giả: Leonard J. Schoppa

1. Exit, voice, and Japan's economic problems; 2. Taking exit and voice seriously; 3. Productive and protective elements of convoy capitalism; 4. The race for the exits begins; 5. The policy impact of hollowing out; 6. Case studies in economic reform; 7. The policy impact of exit by women; 8. ...

The tales of the Heike

Tác giả: Burton Watson

The Tales of the Heike provides a dramatic window onto the emerging world of the medieval samurai and recounts in absorbing detail the chaos of the battlefield, the intrigue of the imperial court, and the gradual loss of a courtly tradition. The book is also highly religious and Buddhist in its ...

Sugamo diary

Tác giả: Sasakawa Ryōichi

Sasakawa Tyoichi's Sugamo Diary is a fascinating document, and Sasakawa is a fascinating person. His prison-based reflections and attitude toward communists and his American captors, as well as toward fellow Japanese citizens, including the emperor and other class-A war criminals, all make for ...

The legends of tono : 100th anniversary edition

Tác giả: Kunio Yanagita

This is an exciting new book that for the first time combines rich biographical information on the founder of Japanese folklore studies, Kunio Yanagita, with a superb updated translation of his literary classic, The Legends of Tono (1910). This marvelous.