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Japan : a reinterpretation / [electronic resource] Patrick Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Pantheon Books, 1997.Description: ix, 385 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0679422315
  • 9780679422310
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Japan : a reinterpretation.DDC classification:
  • 952 21
LOC classification:
  • DS821 .S6424 1997
Other classification:
  • 74.21
Online resources:
Contents:
Pt. I. Among Themselves. Ch. 1. The Invisible Japanese. Ch. 2. Hidden History. Ch. 3. Becoming Nihonjin. Ch. 4. Fences in the Heart. Ch. 5. Happiness in a Hidden Corner. Ch. 6. Concrete and Democracy -- Pt. II. Among Others. Ch. 7. The Spirit That Runs Through History. Ch. 8. The Sacred "Nothing" Ch. 9. The Unfinished Dreams. Ch. 10. The Other Within. Ch. 11. A Fugitive Virtue.
Summary: The author "asserts that a variety of forces--the achievement of material affluence, the Cold War's end, and the death of Emperor Hirohito--are now spurring Japan once again toward a fundamental redefinition of itself" and that the Japanese are seeking to alter "the relationship between the individual and society."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-372) and index.

The author "asserts that a variety of forces--the achievement of material affluence, the Cold War's end, and the death of Emperor Hirohito--are now spurring Japan once again toward a fundamental redefinition of itself" and that the Japanese are seeking to alter "the relationship between the individual and society."--Jacket.

Pt. I. Among Themselves. Ch. 1. The Invisible Japanese. Ch. 2. Hidden History. Ch. 3. Becoming Nihonjin. Ch. 4. Fences in the Heart. Ch. 5. Happiness in a Hidden Corner. Ch. 6. Concrete and Democracy -- Pt. II. Among Others. Ch. 7. The Spirit That Runs Through History. Ch. 8. The Sacred "Nothing" Ch. 9. The Unfinished Dreams. Ch. 10. The Other Within. Ch. 11. A Fugitive Virtue.

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