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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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    Social History of Science and Technology Vol.4 Social History of Science and Technology Vol.4
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    Social History of Science and Technology Vol.4

    NAKAYAMA 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....
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    Social History of Science and Technology Vol.3 Social History of Science and Technology Vol.3
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    Social History of Science and Technology Vol.3

    NAKAYAMA Shigeru, GOTO Kunio

    This is the third volume of a comprehensive, fo...
    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. A t...
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    Japanese Politics

    INOGUCHI Takashi

    When the Japanese economy was on the rise, as i...
    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 success o...
  • Philosophy of Agricultural Science Philosophy of Agricultural Science
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    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...
  • Gender and Japanese Management Gender and Japanese Management
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    Gender and Japanese Management

    KIMOTO Kimiko

    Using data from surveys conducted in a departme...
    Using data from surveys conducted in a department store and a supermarket, Kimoto discusses the forces shaping job segregation by gender. One of the main themes is the need for Japanese women's lab...
  • The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher Education The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher Education
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    The Big Bang' in Japanese Higher Education

    EADES J.S.

    On April 1, 2004, Japanese higher education exp...
    On April 1, 2004, Japanese higher education experienced a 'big bang'-a set of reforms that have been described as the most significant institutional changes for over a century. One of the main aims...
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    NAKAYAMA 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...
  • Japanese Companies Japanese Companies
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    Japanese Companies

    NOMURA 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...
  • Native Anthropology Native Anthropology
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    Native Anthropology

    KUWAYAMA 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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    An Ecological View of History An Ecological View of History
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    An Ecological View of History

    UMESAO Tadao, BEFU Harumi

    This is the first English version of Tadao Umes...
    This is the first English version of Tadao Umesao's classic, published first in Japanese in 1957, with a full description of his ecological theory of civilizations of Eurasia. Dividing the Eurasian...
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    A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images
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    A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images

    OGUMA Eiji

    This book presents a counter-argument to the Ja...
    This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation since the Meiji period. Eiji Oguma demonstrates that the myth of ethnic homogeneity was not establish...
  • The Peripheral Centre The Peripheral Centre
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    The Peripheral Centre

    ARNASON Johann

    The main theme of the book is the complex relat...
    The main theme of the book is the complex relationship between the patterns of Japanese modernity and the civilizational legacy on which they continue to grow. The author discusses the East Asian r...