Postwar japan as history

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Gordon is Professor of History at Duke University. His latest book, Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan (California, 1990), won the John K. Fairbank Prize of the American Historical Association. Klappentext A provocative set of interpretative essays by eminent scholars, this volume will appeal to anyone interested in the history of twentieth-century Japan and the dilemmas facing Japan in the world today. Zusammenfassung This study examines the 45 years of post-war Japanese history, describing the related themes: Japan's extraordinary economic growth and the endurance of conservative rule. Inhaltsverzeichnis Peace and Democracy in Two Systems: External Policy and Internal Conflict ! John W. Dower Japan's Position in the World System ! Bruce Cumings The Past in the Present ! Carol Gluck Defining Growth: Debates on Economic Strategies ! Laura E. Hein The Structure and Transformation of Conservative Rule ! Gary D. Allinson Negotiating Social Contracts ! Sheldon Garon and Mike Mochizuki Dialectics of Economic Growth! National Power! and Distributive Struggles Koji Taira Finding a Place in Metropolitan Japan: Transpositions of Everyday Life ! William Kelly Formations of Mass Culture ! Marilyn Ivy Consuming and Saving ! Charles Yuji Horioka The Death of "Good Wife! Wise Mother" ! Kathleen S. Uno Unplaced Persons and Movements for Place! Frank K. Upham Altered States: The Body Politics of "Being Woman" ! Sandra Buckley Contests for the Workplace ! Andrew Gordon Intellectuals and Politics ! J. Victor Koschmann The Dynamics of Political Opposition ! James W. White

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Andrew Gordon
• Collaboration: Andrew Gordon (Editeur), Gordon Andrew (Editeur)
• Edition: External catalogues US
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 13.08.1993
• EAN: 9780520074750
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07475-0
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 228 mm x 33 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Japan, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Asian History, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, C 1945 To C 1960