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1. | | Title: The state and the mass media in Japan, 1918-1945Author: Kasza, Gregory James Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: Politics | Public Policy | Japan | Asian HistoryPublisher's Description: Gregory Kasza examines state-society relations in interwar Japan through a case study of public policy toward radio, film, newspapers, and magazines. Similar Items | 2. | | Title: The Manchurian myth: nationalism, resistance and collaboration in modern ChinaAuthor: Mitter, Rana 1969- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: History | China | JapanPublisher's Description: A powerful element in twentieth-century Chinese politics has been the myth of Chinese resistance to Japan's seizure of Manchuria in 1931. Investigating the shifting alliances of key players in that event, Rana Mitter traces the development of the narrative of resistance to the occupation and shows h . . . [more]Similar Items | 3. | | Title: Postwar Japan as historyAuthor: Gordon, Andrew 1952- Published: University of California Press, 1993 Subjects: History | Politics | Japan | Asian HistoryPublisher's Description: Japan's catapult to world economic power has inspired many studies by social scientists, but few have looked at the 45 years of postwar Japan through the lens of history. The contributors to this book seek to offer such a view. As they examine three related themes of postwar history, the authors des . . . [more]Similar Items | 4. | | Title: Japan's administrative elite Author: Koh, Byung Chol Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Asian Studies | Japan | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: A major player in Japanese society is its government bureaucracy. Neither Japan's phenomenal track record in the world marketplace nor its remarkable success in managing its domestic affairs can be understood without insight into how its government bureaucracy works - how its elite administrators ar . . . [more]Similar Items | 5. | | Title: Chinese capitalists in Japan's new order: the occupied lower Yangzi, 1937-1945Author: Coble, Parks M 1946- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: History | Asian History | China | Japan | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: In this probing and original study, Parks M. Coble examines the devastating impact of Japan's invasion and occupation of the lower Yangzi on China's emerging modern business community. Arguing that the war gravely weakened Chinese capitalists, Coble demonstrates that in occupied areas the activities . . . [more]Similar Items | 6. | | Title: Recreating Japanese women, 1600-1945Author: Bernstein, Gail Lee Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: History | Asian History | Japan | Women's StudiesPublisher's Description: In thirteen wide-ranging essays, scholars and students of Asian and women's studies will find a vivid exploration of how female roles and feminine identity have evolved over 350 years, from the Tokugawa era to the end of World War II. Starting from the premise that gender is not a biological given, . . . [more]Similar Items | 7. | | Title: Japan under construction: corruption, politics, and public works Author: Woodall, Brian Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Politics | JapanPublisher's Description: In 1987, Japan excluded American firms from bidding on the multibillion-dollar New Kansai International Airport, sparking yet another trade dispute between the United States and Japan. The State Department, Congress, and the President himself were caught up in the dispute, which still smolders even . . . [more]Similar Items | 8. | | Title: Yakuza: Japan's criminal underworldAuthor: Kaplan, David E 1955- Published: University of California Press, 2003 Subjects: Sociology | Japan | Politics | Asian HistoryPublisher's Description: Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than four times the size of the American Mafia. Despite their criminal nature, the yakuza are accepted by fellow Japanese to a degree guaranteed to shock most . . . [more]Similar Items | 9. | | Title: Reflections on the way to the gallows: rebel women in prewar JapanAuthor: Hane, Mikiso Published: University of California Press, 1988 Subjects: History | Asian Studies | Japan | Women's Studies | Asian HistoryPublisher's Description: In this book, for the first time, we can hear the startling, moving voices of adventurous and rebellious Japanese women as they eloquently challenged the social repression of prewar Japan. The extraordinary women whose memoirs, recollections, and essays are presented here constitute a strong current . . . [more]Similar Items | 10. | | Title: Assembled in Japan: electrical goods and the making of the Japanese consumerAuthor: Partner, Simon Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: History | Japan | Media Studies | Technology and Society | ConsumerismPublisher's Description: Assembled in Japan investigates one of the great success stories of the twentieth century: the rise of the Japanese electronics industry. Contrary to mainstream interpretation, Simon Partner discovers that behind the meteoric rise of Sony, Matsushita, Toshiba, and other electrical goods companies wa . . . [more]Similar Items | 11. | | Title: Winners in peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and postwar Japan Author: Finn, Richard B Published: University of California Press, 1992 Subjects: History | Asian History | Japan | PoliticsPublisher's Description: Singular for its breadth and balance, Winners in Peace chronicles the American Occupation of Japan, an episode that profoundly shaped the postwar world. Richard B. Finn, who participated in the Occupation as a young naval officer and diplomat, tells the full story of the activities from 1945 to 1952 . . . [more]Similar Items | 12. | | Title: Importing diversity: inside Japan's JET ProgramAuthor: McConnell, David L 1959- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Anthropology | Japan | Politics | EducationPublisher's Description: In 1987, the Japanese government inaugurated the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program in response to global pressure to "internationalize" its society. This ambitious program has grown to be a major government operation, with an annual budget of $400 million (greater than the United States NEA . . . [more]Similar Items | 13. | | Title: The abacus and the sword: the Japanese penetration of Korea, 1895-1910Author: Duus, Peter 1933- Published: University of California Press, 1995 Subjects: History | Asian History | Asian Studies | Japan | East Asia OtherPublisher's Description: What forces were behind Japan's emergence as the first non-Western colonial power at the turn of the twentieth century? Peter Duus brings a new perspective to Meiji expansionism in this pathbreaking study of Japan's acquisition of Korea, the largest of its colonial possessions. He shows how Japan's . . . [more]Similar Items | 14. | | Title: Dreams of difference: the Japan romantic school and the crisis of modernityAuthor: Doak, Kevin Michael Published: University of California Press, 1994 Subjects: History | Asian History | Japan | Literary Theory and CriticismPublisher's Description: From 1935 to 1945, the Japan Romantic School (Nihon Romanha), a group of major intellectuals and literary figures, explored issues concerning politics, literature, and nationalism in ways that still influence cultural discourse in Japan today. Kevin Doak's timely study is a broad critique of moderni . . . [more]Similar Items | 15. | | Title: Labor and imperial democracy in prewar JapanAuthor: Gordon, Andrew 1952- Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Asian Studies | Japan | Politics | Asian History | Labor StudiesPublisher's Description: Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan examines the political role played by working men and women in prewar Tokyo and offers a reinterpretation of the broader dynamics of Japan's prewar political history. Gordon argues that such phenomena as riots, labor disputes, and union organizing can bes . . . [more]Similar Items | 16. | | Title: Everyday things in premodern Japan: the hidden legacy of material cultureAuthor: Hanley, Susan B 1939- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: History | Japan | Asian History | Women's StudiesPublisher's Description: Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated vigorous debates among historians and social scientists. In an innovative discussion that posits the importance of physical well-being as a key indicator of living standards, Susan B. H . . . [more]Similar Items | 17. | | Title: Permitted and prohibited desires: mothers, comics, and censorship in JapanAuthor: Allison, Anne 1950- Published: University of California Press, 2000 Subjects: Anthropology | Gender Studies | Popular Culture | JapanPublisher's Description: This provocative study of gender and sexuality in contemporary Japan investigates elements of Japanese popular culture including erotic comic books, stories of mother-son incest, lunchboxes - or obentos - that mothers ritualistically prepare for schoolchildren, and children's cartoons. Anne Allison . . . [more]Similar Items | 18. | | Title: Making health work: human growth in modern Japan Author: Mosk, Carl Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Sociology | Demography | Japan | Asian History | Economics and BusinessPublisher's Description: Mosk shows how population quality provides a key to understanding economic growth and social change in Japan. Similar Items | 19. | | Title: Takarazuka: sexual politics and popular culture in modern JapanAuthor: Robertson, Jennifer Ellen Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Anthropology | Japan | Cultural Anthropology | GayLesbian and Bisexual Studies | Women's Studies | Theatre | Popular CulturePublisher's Description: The all-female Takarazuka Revue is world-famous today for its rococo musical productions, including gender-bending love stories, torridly romantic liaisons in foreign settings, and fanatically devoted fans. But that is only a small part of its complicated and complicit performance history. In this s . . . [more]Similar Items | 20. | | Title: Broken silence: voices of Japanese feminismAuthor: Buckley, Sandra 1954- Published: University of California Press, 1997 Subjects: Asian Studies | Japan | Gender Studies | Women's Studies | Politics | SociologyPublisher's Description: Broken Silence brings together for the first time many of Japan's leading feminists, women who have been bucking the social mores of a patriarchal society for years but who remain virtually unknown outside Japan. While Japan is often thought to be without a significant feminist presence, these inter . . . [more]Similar Items |
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