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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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  • Reconsidering Resilience in African Pastoralism
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    Reconsidering Resilience in African Pastoralism

    KONAKA Shinya

    What does resilience mean? This is a question f...
    What does resilience mean? This is a question frequently asked and one that this book challenges and turns on its head. This book interrogates the increasingly overused concept of resilience by exa...
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    Farming with Fire and Water Farming with Fire and Water
    $89.95
    Farming with Fire and Water

    VIEN Tran Duc, RAMBO A. Terry

    This volume offers the first detailed descripti...
    This volume offers the first detailed description of 'composite swiddening,' a traditional Southeast Asian upland agricultural system that combines shifting cultivation fields on the hillsides with...
  • Paddy Soil Science
    $34.95
    Paddy Soil Science

    KYUMA Kazutake

    This book is an important reference for those c...
    This book is an important reference for those concerned with the continuing sustainability of wet rice agriculture, which remains the staple diet for most people throughout Asia. Kazutake Kyuma dra...
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    Others in Japanese Agriculture Others in Japanese Agriculture
    $84.85
    Others in Japanese Agriculture

    YASUOKA Kenichi

    Japan's national identity associates the 'Japan...
    Japan's national identity associates the 'Japanese people' with the Japanese land, making the farmer the backbone of the nation. Others in Japanese Agriculture challenges this mythology, revealing ...
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    The Sago Palm The Sago Palm
    $94.95
    The Sago Palm

    Society Of Sago Palm Studies

    In order to produce sufficient quantities of fo...
    In order to produce sufficient quantities of food to feed the world's growing population, we need to increase the food producing capacities of crops and to protect the environments in which they gr...
  • Agricultural Robots
    $89.95
    Agricultural Robots

    KONDO Naoshi

    The history of Japan's agriculture is character...
    The history of Japan's agriculture is characterized by efforts to increase production and productivity. At the beginning of the 21st century, both public and private sector research has focused on ...
  • 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...
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    Ecological Destruction, Health, and Development
    $89.95
    Ecological Destruction, Health, and Development

    FURUKAWA Hisao

    Uniquely interdisciplinary in orientation, the ...
    Uniquely interdisciplinary in orientation, the book joins experts in ecology, agriculture, medicine and development studies to produce this large-scale study. The authors argue that a number of qua...