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Modern Japan

A Social and Political History

By Elise K. Tipton

2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18538-7 (Routledge)

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The British Press and the Japan-British Exhibition of 1910

Edited by Hirokichi Mutsu

The Japan-British exhibition in London, 1910 was the most concerted and systematic attempt by Meiji Japan to explain its traditional society and arts, modern industry…

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2001 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1672-2 (Routledge)

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Japan and Global Migration

Foreign Workers and the Advent of a Multicultural Society

By Mike Douglass, Glenda Roberts

Japan and Global Migration brings together current research on foreign workers and households from a variety of different perspectives. This influx has had a substantial…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-19110-4 (Routledge)

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The Nature of the Japanese State

Rationality and Rituality

By Brian J. McVeigh

Brian J. McVeigh uses a unique anthropological approach to step outside flawed stereotypes of Japanese society and really engage in the current debate over the…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17106-9 (Routledge)

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How the Japanese Learn to Work

By R. P. Dore, Mari Sako

Japan is regarded as a world leader in the field of education and training for improved economic performance. Yet success in Japan is often achieved…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-15345-4 (Routledge)

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Basil Hall Chamberlain

Portrait of a Japanologist

By Yuzo Ota

This first full length critical biography of one of the most significant figures in Japanese Studies in the last hundred years is based on an…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-1-873410-73-8 (Routledge)

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Interpreting Japanese Society

Anthropological Approaches

Edited by Joy Hendry

First published in 1986, Interpreting Japanese Society became something of a classic in the field. In this newly revised and updated edition, the value of…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-17268-4 (Routledge)

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An Artless Art - The Zen Aesthetic of Shiga Naoya

A Critical Study with Selected Translations

By Roy Starrs

Shiga Naoya was a giant of Japanese literature but he is barely known outside Japan. This book is the first study of Shiga to explore…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-1-873410-64-6 (Routledge)

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Japanese Working Class Lives

An Ethnographic Study of Factory Workers

By James E. Roberson

This ethnographic study examines the lives of Japanese workers in small firms and analysis their experiences of working life, leisure and education. This unique case…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17212-7 (Routledge)

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Treacherous Women of Imperial Japan

Patriarchal Fictions, Patricidal Fantasies

By Helene Bowen Raddeker

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17112-0 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

A Life Adrift: Soeda Azembo, Popular Song and Modern Mass Culture in Japan
By Azembo Soeda
To be published November 21st 2008

Japan's Minorities: The illusion of homogeneity
Edited by Michael Weiner
To be published November 25th 2008

Japan's Minorities: The illusion of homogeneity
Edited by Michael Weiner
To be published November 25th 2008

Japanese Tourism and Travel Culture
Edited by Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, Okpyo Moon
To be published November 27th 2008

The Novels of Oe Kenzaburo
By Yasuko Claremont
To be published December 1st 2008

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