Japan : a reinterpretation / [electronic resource] Patrick Smith.
Material type:
- 0679422315
- 9780679422310
- Japan -- Civilization
- Japan -- Civilization -- 1945-
- Japan -- Civilization -- American influences
- Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
- Japón -- Civilización -- 1945
- Japón -- Civilización -- Influencias americanas
- Japón -- Historia -- Ocupación aliada, 1945 1952
- Nationale identiteit
- POLITICAL CONDITIONS
- SOCIAL CONDITIONS
- HISTORY
- JAPAN
- 952 21
- DS821 .S6424 1997
- 74.21
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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