History Of Contemporary Japan Since World War Ii

Author : Edward R. Beauchamp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136523922

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History of Contemporary Japan since World War II by Edward R. Beauchamp Pdf

The best scholarship on the development of contemporary Japan This collection presents well over 100 scholarly articles on modern Japanese society, written by leading scholars in the field. These selections have been drawn from the most distinguished scholarly journals as well as from journals that are less well known among specialists; and the articles represent the best and most important scholarship on their particular topic. An understanding of the present through the lens of the past The field of modern Japan studies has grown steadily as Westerners have recognized the importance of Japan as a lading world economic force and an emerging regional power. The post-1945 economic success of the Japanese has, however, been achieved in the context of that nation's history, social structure, educational enterprise and political environment. It is impossible to understand the postwar economic miracle without an appreciation of these elements. Japan's economic emergence has brought about and in some cases, exacerbated already existing tensions, and these tensions have, in turn, had a significant impact on Japanese economic life. The series is designed to give readers a basic understanding of modern Japan-its institutions and its people-as we stand on the threshold of a new century, often referred to as the Pacific Century.

Author : Jeff Kingston
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118315064

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Contemporary Japan by Jeff Kingston Pdf

The second edition of this comprehensive study of recent Japanese history now includes the author's expert assessment of the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, including the political and environmental consequences of the Fukushima reactor meltdown. Fully updated to include a detailed assessment of the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami Shows how the nuclear crisis at Fukushima was an accident waiting to happen Includes detailed discussion of Japan's energy policy, now in flux after the mishandling of the Fukushima crisis Analyzes Japan's 'Lost Decades', why jobs and families are less stable, environmental policies, immigration, the aging society, the US alliance, the imperial family, and the 'yakuza' criminal gangs Authoritative coverage of Japanese history over the last two decades, one of the country's most tumultuous periods

Author : Jeff Kingston
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405191944

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Contemporary Japan by Jeff Kingston Pdf

Contemporary Japan: History, Politics and Social Change since the 1980s presents a comprehensive examination of the causes of the Japanese economic bubble in the late 1980s and the socio-political consequences of the recent financial collapse. Represents the only book to examine in depth the turmoil of Japan since Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, the Cold War ended, and the economy collapsed Provides an assessment of Japan's dramatic political revolution of 2009 Analyzes how risk has increased in Japan, undermining the sense of security and causing greater disparities in society Assesses Japan's record on the environment, the consequences of neo-liberal reforms, immigration policies, the aging society, the US alliance, the Imperial family, and the 'yakuza' criminal gangs Selected as a 2011 Outstanding Academic Title by CHOICE

Author : Edward R. Beauchamp
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Japan
ISBN : 0815327315

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Women and Women's Issues in Post World War II Japan by Edward R. Beauchamp Pdf

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Edward R. Beauchamp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136524271

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Japan's Role in International Politics since World War II by Edward R. Beauchamp Pdf

The best scholarship on the development of contemporary Japan This collection presents well over 100 scholarly articles on modern Japanese society, written by leading scholars in the field. These selections have been drawn from the most distinguished scholarly journals as well as from journals that are less well known among specialists; and the articles represent the best and most important scholarship on their particular topic. An understanding of the present through the lens of the past The field of modern Japan studies has grown steadily as Westerners have recognized the importance of Japan as a lading world economic force and an emerging regional power. The post-1945 economic success of the Japanese has, however, been achieved in the context of that nation's history, social structure, educational enterprise and political environment. It is impossible to understand the postwar economic miracle without an appreciation of these elements. Japan's economic emergence has brought about and in some cases, exacerbated already existing tensions, and these tensions have, in turn, had a significant impact on Japanese economic life. The series is designed to give readers a basic understanding of modern Japan-its institutions and its people-as we stand on the threshold of a new century, often referred to as the Pacific Century.

Author : Philip A. Seaton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134150045

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Japan's Contested War Memories by Philip A. Seaton Pdf

Japan's Contested War Memories is an important and significant book that explores the struggles within contemporary Japanese society to come to terms with Second World War history. Focusing particularly on 1972 onwards, the period starts with the normalization of relations with China and the return of Okinawa to Japan in 1972, and ends with the sixtieth anniversary commemorations. Analyzing the variety of ways in which the Japanese people narrate, contest and interpret the past, the book is also a major critique of the way the subject has been treated in much of the English-language. Philip Seaton concludes that war history in Japan today is more divisive and widely argued over than in any of the other major Second World War combatant nations. Providing a sharp contrast to the many orthodox statements about Japanese 'ignorance', amnesia' and 'denial' about the war, this is an engaging and illuminating study that will appeal to scholars and students of Japanese history, politics, cultural studies, society and memory theory.

Author : Edward R. Beauchamp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0815327277

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Dimensions of Contemporary Japan (6 Volume Set by Edward R. Beauchamp Pdf

Author : Edward R. Beauchamp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136524202

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Japan's Role in International Politics since World War II by Edward R. Beauchamp Pdf

The best scholarship on the development of contemporary Japan This collection presents well over 100 scholarly articles on modern Japanese society, written by leading scholars in the field. These selections have been drawn from the most distinguished scholarly journals as well as from journals that are less well known among specialists; and the articles represent the best and most important scholarship on their particular topic. An understanding of the present through the lens of the past The field of modern Japan studies has grown steadily as Westerners have recognized the importance of Japan as a lading world economic force and an emerging regional power. The post-1945 economic success of the Japanese has, however, been achieved in the context of that nation's history, social structure, educational enterprise and political environment. It is impossible to understand the postwar economic miracle without an appreciation of these elements. Japan's economic emergence has brought about and in some cases, exacerbated already existing tensions, and these tensions have, in turn, had a significant impact on Japanese economic life. The series is designed to give readers a basic understanding of modern Japan-its institutions and its people-as we stand on the threshold of a new century, often referred to as the Pacific Century.

Author : Christopher Gerteis,Timothy S. George
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441101181

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Japan Since 1945 by Christopher Gerteis,Timothy S. George Pdf

Examines the social, cultural, and political underpinnings of Japan's postwar and post-industrial trajectories.

Author : Julian Dierkes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135193645

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Postwar History Education in Japan and the Germanys by Julian Dierkes Pdf

How did East and West Germany and Japan reconstitute national identity after World War II? Did all three experience parallel reactions to national trauma and reconstruction? History education shaped how these nations reconceived their national identities. Because the content of history education was controlled by different actors, history education materials framed national identity in very different ways. In Japan, where the curriculum was controlled by bureaucrats bent on maintaining their purported neutrality, materials focused on the empirical building blocks of history (who? where? what?) at the expense of discussions of historical responsibility. In East Germany, where party cadres controlled the curriculum, students were taught that World War II was a capitalist aberration. In (West) Germany, where teachers controlled the curriculum, students were taught the lessons of shame and then regeneration after historians turned away from grand national narratives. This book shows that constructions of national identity are not easily malleable on the basis of moral and political concerns only, but that they are subject to institutional constraints and opportunities. In an age when post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation has become a major focus of international policies, the analysis offers important implications for the parallel revision of portrayals of national history and the institutional reconstruction of policy-making regimes.

Author : Yoshiko Nozaki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134195909

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War Memory, Nationalism and Education in Postwar Japan by Yoshiko Nozaki Pdf

The controversy over official state-approved history textbooks in Japan, which omit or play down many episodes of Japan’s occupation of neighbouring countries during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945), and which have been challenged by critics who favour more critical, peace and justice perspectives, goes to the heart of Japan’s sense of itself as a nation. The degree to which Japan is willing to confront its past is not just about history, but also about how Japan defines itself at present, and going forward. This book examines the history textbook controversy in Japan. It sets the controversy in the context of debates about memory, and education, and in relation to evolving politics both within Japan, and in Japan’s relations with its neighbours and former colonies and countries it invaded. It discusses in particular the struggles of Ienaga Saburo, who has made crucial contributions, including through three epic lawsuits, in challenging the official government position. Winner of the American Educational Research Association 2009 Outstanding Book Award in the Curriculum Studies category.

Author : Edward R. Beauchamp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0415898749

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Dimensions of Contemporary Japan by Edward R. Beauchamp Pdf

The best scholarship on the development of contemporary Japan This collection presents well over 100 scholarly articles on modern Japanese society, written by leading scholars in the field. These selections have been drawn from the most distinguished scholarly journals as well as from journals that are less well known among specialist; and the articles represent the best and most important scholarship on their particular topic. An understanding of the present through the lens of the past The field of modern Japan studies has grown steadily as Westerners have recognized the importance of Japan as a leading world economic force and an emerging regional power. The post-1945 economic success of the Japanese has, however, been achieved in the context o that nation's history, social structure, educational enterprise and political environment. It is impossible to understand the post-war economic miracle without an appreciation of these elements. The series is designed to give readers a basic understanding of modern Japan as we stand on the threshold of a new century, often referred to as the Pacific Century. Available individually by volume. 1. History of Contemporary Japan since World War II (0-8153-2728-5) 376 pages 2. Japanese Society since 1945 (0-8153-2729-3) 360 pages 3. Education and Schooling in Japan since 1945 (0-8153-2730-9) 328 pages 4. Women and Women's Issues in post World War II Japan (0-8153-2731-5) 368 pages 5. The Japanese Economy and Economic Issues since 1945 (0-8153-2732-3) 344 pages 6. Japan's Role in International Politics since World War II (0-8153-2733-1) 376 pages

Author : Dennis Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349241262

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Japan since 1945 by Dennis Smith Pdf

Few historians have attempted an account of Japan since 1945 yet the country's emergence as the second largest economy in the world has been one of the most dramatic and significant developments since the Second World War. Dennis Smith's work takes a deliberately historical approach in the belief that it is impossible to assess the nature of post-war Japan's achievement without first considering the significance of the pre-war and wartime legacy. It blends politics and economics, aware that in Japan the close links between the worlds of politics, government and of business deny rigid divisions.

Author : Philip A. Seaton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134150052

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Japan's Contested War Memories by Philip A. Seaton Pdf

Japan's Contested War Memories is an important and significant book that explores the struggles within contemporary Japanese society to come to terms with Second World War history. Focusing particularly on 1972 onwards, the period starts with the normalization of relations with China and the return of Okinawa to Japan in 1972, and ends with the sixtieth anniversary commemorations. Analyzing the variety of ways in which the Japanese people narrate, contest and interpret the past, the book is also a major critique of the way the subject has been treated in much of the English-language. Philip Seaton concludes that war history in Japan today is more divisive and widely argued over than in any of the other major Second World War combatant nations. Providing a sharp contrast to the many orthodox statements about Japanese 'ignorance', amnesia' and 'denial' about the war, this is an engaging and illuminating study that will appeal to scholars and students of Japanese history, politics, cultural studies, society and memory theory.

Author : Paul E. Dunscomb
Publisher : Association for Asian Studies
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Japan
ISBN : 0924304758

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Japan Since 1945 by Paul E. Dunscomb Pdf

Concisely rendered, engagingly written, and thoughtful in its judgments, this short book is a most valuable interpretation of Japan's remarkable history since the end of World War II. It surveys the dramatic changes in Japan's society, politics, economy, international relations, and culture from defeat in World War II through the disasters of March 11, 2011. Dunscomb analyzes Japan's postwar experience with balance and admirable clarity, writing in an accessible and fast-paced style that will be welcomed by students and teachers alike. This is by far the best short introduction to the history of contemporary Japan available for classroom use.