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Informationen zum Autor David W. Edgington is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, University of British Columbia. Klappentext A critical, multi-disciplinary study of economics, politics, society and culture, this collection of essays examines the concepts of "change" and "continuity" in contemporary Japan. Zusammenfassung A critical, multi-disciplinary study of economics, politics, society and culture, this collection of essays examines the concepts of “change” and “continuity” in contemporary Japan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Figures and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Joining the Past and Present in Japan / David W. EdgingtonPart 1: Economic and Political Systems2 Japanese Economics: An Interpretative Essay / Keizo Nagatani3 The Japanese Labour Movement's Road to the Millennium / Lonny E. Carlile4 Japan's High Seas Fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean: Food Security and Foreign Policy / Roger SmithPart 2: Japan's Identity and Youth5 Postwar Japan and Manchuria / Bill Sewell6 May the Saru River Flow: The Nibutani Dam and the Resurging Tide of the Ainu Identity Movement / Millie Creighton7 Pop Idols and Gender Contestation / Hiroshi Aoyagi8 A Century of Juvenile Law in Japan / Stephan M. SalzbergPart 3: Urban Living and Beauty9 Japan Ponders the Good Life: Improving the Quality of Japanese Cities / David W. Edgington10 Museum as Hometown: What Is "Japanese Beauty"? / Joshua S. MostowConclusion11 Continuity and Change in Japan / David W. EdgingtonContributorsIndex
