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Nationalism and Gender
UENO Chizuko

This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive...

Hegemony of Homogeneity
BEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain...
A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images
OGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation...
Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1
OGUMA Eiji

The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that...

A History of Modern Chemistry
HIROTA Noboru

Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has...

Living on the Streets in Japan
FILLER Stephen, MARUYAMA Satomi

Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the...

Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018
SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi
This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East...
U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
YOSHIMOTO Hideko

Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local...

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  • Gender History in China
    $69.95
    Gender History in China

    KOHAMA Masako, Linda Grove

    How have femininity and masculinity been define...
    How have femininity and masculinity been defined and understood in China from prehistoric times to the present day? Gender History in China presents for the first time in English the work of leadi...
  • Good Earths Good Earths
    $89.95
    Good Earths

    ABE Ken-Ichi, NICKUM James E.

    China encompasses a wide range of natural envir...
    China encompasses a wide range of natural environments and human communities. Focusing on specific regional changes over time, this book presents empirical studies that examine the diversity of int...
  • Status and Stratification Status and Stratification
    $34.95
    Status and Stratification

    SHIMA Mutsuhiko

    Exploring the myriad ways that status and strat...
    Exploring the myriad ways that status and stratification manifest in different cultural contexts, this collection presents in-depth studies of a variety of cultural forms in Asia. The first of the ...
  • Wily Monkeys
    $84.95
    Wily Monkeys

    OGAWA Hideshi

    Tibetan monkeys (Macaca thibetana) live at Mt. ...
    Tibetan monkeys (Macaca thibetana) live at Mt. Huangshan in Anhui province, China. They are called 'Duanweihou' in Chinese ('Duan' means short, 'wei' means tail, and 'hou' means monkey). They belon...
  • Governance and Democracy in Asia Governance and Democracy in Asia
    $34.95
    Governance and Democracy in Asia

    INOGUCHI Takashi

    This book examines what citizens think about go...
    This book examines what citizens think about governance and democracy and the actual practices of governments in Asia, one of the most dynamic and divergent regions of the world. Using public opini...
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    An Ecological View of History An Ecological View of History
    $29.95
    An Ecological View of History

    UMESAO Tadao, BEFU Harumi

    This is the first English version of Tadao Umes...
    This is the first English version of Tadao Umesao's classic, published first in Japanese in 1957, with a full description of his ecological theory of civilizations of Eurasia. Dividing the Eurasian...