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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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![Dislocating Nation-States]()
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... -
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![From Salvation to Spirituality]()
From Salvation to SpiritualitySHIMAZONO Susumu
Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost socio...Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost sociologists of religion, deals with the development of popular religious and spiritual movements in Japan in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. A... -
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![Constructing Civil Society in Japan]()
Constructing Civil Society in JapanHASEGAWA 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... -
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Japanese CompaniesNOMURA 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... -
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Youth Deviance in JapanYODER 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... -
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Between Hills and PlainsHAYAMI Yoko
In this study, Hayami suggests that the Karen i...In this study, Hayami suggests that the Karen in northwestern Thailand are located "betwixt and between" the peripheries and the mainstream of the modern nation-state. It demonstrates how the Karen... -
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Native AnthropologyKUWAYAMA 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... -
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Gender and ModernityHAYAMI 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... -
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Ecological Destruction, Health, and DevelopmentFURUKAWA 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... -
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Displacement Risks in AfricaOHTA Itaru
As the plight of refugees around the world loom...As the plight of refugees around the world looms large as one of the central problems facing the international political community at the beginning of the 21st century, the situations facing displa... -
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A Search for the Origins of Human SpeechKOJIMA Shozo
An unrivaled world authority in the area, Shozo...An unrivaled world authority in the area, Shozo Kojima presents a detailed overview of chimpanzees' auditory sense and vocalization and demonstrates how human speech has evolved. Based on unique lo...
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