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

BEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain...

OGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation...

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

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

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

SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi
This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East...

YOSHIMOTO Hideko
Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local...
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$109.95
SUZUKI 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 ... -
$99.95
TANAKA 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... -
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KAWABE Toshio
For 25 years, author Toshio Kawabe and his c...
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 cont...
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$89.95
TAKEZAWA Yasuko
Though there is no biological validity to ra...
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 w...
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$89.95
SAITO Yayoi
Based on comparative and collaborative studi...
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 ...
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$84.95
TOKORO Ikuya, KAWAI Kaori
The aim of this book is to highlight the imp...
The aim of this book is to highlight the important roles that things play in our everyday lives by examining how things and humans interact. Based on ethnographical data from Asia, Africa, and O...
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$84.95
TAKAKURA Hiroki
The Sakha - traditional cattle and horse pas...
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,...
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$79.95
SODA Ryoji
Based on participant observation and intervi...
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 mo...
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$79.95
ABINALES Patricio N., ISHIKAWA Noboru, TANABE Akio
As much of the world turns its attention to ...
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 volum...
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$69.95
YAMAGISHI Satoshi
For a few decades, Yamagishi and his associa...
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 fi...
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$59.95
SODA Naoki
Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the...
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...
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$44.95
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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