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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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  • Intentional Social Change Intentional Social Change
    $34.95
    Intentional Social Change

    SATO Yoshimichi

    Why do some efforts to implement social change ...
    Why do some efforts to implement social change succeed while others fail? Yoshimichi Sato observes in this book that existing theories focus on social action at either the micro- or the macro-level...
  • Philosophy of Agricultural Science Philosophy of Agricultural Science
    $39.95
    Philosophy of Agricultural Science

    SODA Osamu

    This book, written by one of the leading Japane...
    This book, written by one of the leading Japanese scholars in the philosophy of agricultural science, examines the relationship between human life, the natural environment, and agriculture. The aut...
  • Inequality amid Affluence Inequality amid Affluence
    $34.95
    Inequality amid Affluence

    HARA Junsuke, SEIYAMA Kazuo

    Highlighting the limits of existing approaches ...
    Highlighting the limits of existing approaches in the study of stratification in contemporary Japanese society, Inequality Amid Affluence adopts a new framework that distinguishes between the conce...
  • Gender and Japanese Management Gender and Japanese Management
    $34.95
    Gender and Japanese Management

    KIMOTO Kimiko

    Using data from surveys conducted in a departme...
    Using data from surveys conducted in a department store and a supermarket, Kimoto discusses the forces shaping job segregation by gender. One of the main themes is the need for Japanese women's lab...
  • A Sociology of Happiness A Sociology of Happiness
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    A Sociology of Happiness

    KOSAKA Kenji

    Written by the sociologists at Kwansei Gakuin U...
    Written by the sociologists at Kwansei Gakuin University who are engaged in 'Social Research for the Enhancement of Human Well-being', this study explores issues of happiness from a wide variety of...
  • The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher Education The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher Education
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    The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher Education

    EADES J.S.

    On April 1, 2004, Japanese higher education exp...
    On April 1, 2004, Japanese higher education experienced a 'big bang'-a set of reforms that have been described as the most significant institutional changes for over a century. One of the main aims...
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    Social History of Science and Technology Vol.2 Social History of Science and Technology Vol.2
    $99.95
    Social History of Science and Technology Vol.2

    NAKAYAMA Shigeru

    This title is the second volume of a comprehens...
    This title is the second volume of a comprehensive, four-volume survey which documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from postwar devastation to its attaining a leading g...
  • Constructing Civil Society in Japan Constructing Civil Society in Japan
    $49.95
    Constructing Civil Society in Japan

    HASEGAWA Koichi

    Japan's post-World War II "economic miracle" is...
    Japan's post-World War II "economic miracle" is well-known and much discussed, as is the collapse of the "bubble economy" and the almost decade long economic stagnation of the 1990s. In this collec...
  • Japanese Companies Japanese Companies
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    Japanese Companies

    NOMURA Masami, KAMII Yoshihiko

    Why are Japanese companies the best in the worl...
    Why are Japanese companies the best in the world? What is the driving force behind their strength? This study critiques comprehensively the widely-shared theories concerning Japanese companies. Whi...
  • Youth Deviance in Japan Youth Deviance in Japan
    $34.95
    Youth Deviance in Japan

    YODER Robert Stuart

    Based on fieldwork spanning two decades, this b...
    Based on fieldwork spanning two decades, this book presents a longitudinal study of deviance and crime among youths in Kanagawa-ken, with a focus upon two groups of young people - a working class g...
  • Native Anthropology Native Anthropology
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    Native Anthropology

    KUWAYAMA Takami

    A major task in contemporary anthropology is th...
    A major task in contemporary anthropology is the creation of dialogic space among all the people concerned with the culture studied, without privileging one kind of discourse over another. Seen glo...
  • Gender and Modernity Gender and Modernity
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    Gender and Modernity

    HAYAMI Yoko, TANABE Akio, TOKITA-TANABE Yumiko

    Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic fieldwork, ...
    Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic fieldwork, this anthology examines the complexities of identity formation and self-positioning in post-colonial contexts, ranging from the impact of Christian mi...