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Japan-Netherlands Trade 1600-1800SUZUKI Yasuko
In the early modern period, relations between t...In the early modern period, relations between the Netherlands and Japan were founded on trade. The Dutch United East India Company operated in Japan for over 100 years, from 1609 to the early 18th ... -
The BushmenTANAKA Jiro
The Bushmen archives nearly 50 years of researc...The Bushmen archives nearly 50 years of research with some of Southern Africa's remotest groups. Author Jiro Tanaka's deep connection with his subject matter is evident through his insightful and o... -
The GidraKAWABE Toshio
For 25 years, author Toshio Kawabe and his coll...For 25 years, author Toshio Kawabe and his colleagues periodically lived and worked among the Gidra people of the tropical wet lowland of Papua New Guinea. In this book, Kawabe reports on a continu... -
Racial Representations in AsiaTAKEZAWA Yasuko
Though there is no biological validity to race,...Though there is no biological validity to race, it continues to play a central role in various aspects of our daily lives. What, then, generates and reinforces the reality of race, and in what ways... -
Meeting the Challenges of Elder Care
SAITO Yayoi
Based on comparative and collaborative studies ...Based on comparative and collaborative studies of Japanese and Norwegian specialists, this book focuses upon the critical analysis of 'rationality of care' with an empirical examination of care ser... -
Arctic Pastoralist SakhaTAKAKURA Hiroki
The Sakha - traditional cattle and horse pastor...The Sakha - traditional cattle and horse pastoralists and one of the largest ethnic minorities in Siberia - hold a unique position in human adaptation. This book focuses on the cultural history, pr... -
People on the MoveSODA Ryoji
Based on participant observation and interviews...Based on participant observation and interviews in a village in Sarawak, Ryoji Soda examines outward migration from the village, the migrants' living strategies in urban areas, their frequent moves... -
Dislocating Nation-StatesABINALES Patricio N., ISHIKAWA Noboru, TANABE Akio
As much of the world turns its attention to que...As much of the world turns its attention to questions of the role and even survival of the nation-state formation in an increasingly globalized world, the authors of this interdisciplinary volume s... -
Social Organization of the Rufous Vanga
YAMAGISHI Satoshi
For a few decades, Yamagishi and his associates...For a few decades, Yamagishi and his associates have studied the ecological and social behavior of the rufous, a unique species of birds in Madagascar. In this volume, the team summarizes the findi... -
Baseball in Occupied JapanTANIKAWA Takeshi
How was baseball used to promote U.S. values in...How was baseball used to promote U.S. values in occupied Japan? The first post-war Japanese professional baseball game was held on November 23, 1945, just 100 days after the end of World War II. D... -
Conceptualizing the Malay WorldSODA Naoki
Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the in...Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the interrelations between the indigenization of "colonial knowledge" and the quest for pan-Malay identity in Malaya. In what way, to what extent and for wh... -
Narratives on San Ethnicity
TAKADA Akira
The !Xun are a San people living in the Kalahar...The !Xun are a San people living in the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, Botswana, and in Angola. In this book, the cultural and ecological foundations of ethnicity of the !Xun provide a case study for ...
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