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Others in Japanese AgricultureYASUOKA 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 ... -
Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1OGUMA Eiji
The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have...
The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that constitutes Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa - otherwise known as the Ryukyu Islands. Are the...
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Pop Culture and the Everyday in JapanMINAMIDA Katsuya, TSUJI Izumi
Manga, anime, J-pop, and other forms of Japan's...Manga, anime, J-pop, and other forms of Japan's mass culture are increasingly popular around the world, a situation which requires structural, demographic, and communicative research from sociologi... -
In Pursuit of the SeikatsushaAMANO Masako
This is a study of Japan's home-grown concep...
This is a study of Japan's home-grown concept of seikatsusha that resembles 'citizen,' 'people,' 'consumer,' 'common man,' and 'the public,' though not exactly identical with any of them. The id...
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In Pursuit of Composite Beauty
NAKAMI Mari
In Pursuit of Composite Beauty is a study of...
In Pursuit of Composite Beauty is a study of the life and thought of Yanagi Soetsu (1889-1961), known primarily as the founder of Japan's mingei (folk crafts) movement. Mr. Yanagi was a thinker ...
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The Explorer Sven Hedin and Kyoto UniversitySATO Kenei, TANAKA Kazuko
A chance discovery of sixty-odd works of art in...A chance discovery of sixty-odd works of art in a filing cabinet in Kyoto University's Department of Geography in 2014 triggered an investigation which soon morphed into a multi-disciplinary resear... -
Japan's WhalingWATANABE Hiroyuki
Is Japanese whaling based on national cultur...
Is Japanese whaling based on national culture and tradition? Sociologist Hiroyuki Watanabe challenges this question by examining the history of whaling in modern Japan and looking at the wide ra...
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A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan (Complete Set)
NAKAYAMA Shigeru
Order all four-books together for "A Social ...
Order all four-books together for "A Social History of Science and Technology in Contemporary Japan" which documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from post-war ...
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Social History of Science and Technology Vol.4NAKAYAMA Shigeru, YOSHIOKA Hitoshi
This study is the fourth and final volume of a ...This study is the fourth and final volume of a comprehensive survey that documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from post-war devastation to its rise as a global leader.... -
Social History of Science and Technology Vol.3NAKAYAMA Shigeru, GOTO Kunio
This is the third volume of a comprehensive,...
This is the third volume of a comprehensive, four-volume survey that documents the miraculous growth of Japanese science and technology from post-war devastation to its rise as a global leader. ...
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Japanese PoliticsINOGUCHI Takashi
When the Japanese economy was on the rise, a...
When the Japanese economy was on the rise, as it was in the 1980s, it was often suggested that the Japanese way of doing things was culturally unique and inherently superior. The apparent succes...
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Social History of Science and Technology Vol.2NAKAYAMA 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...
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