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...

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 study of...

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

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Japanese Business

Critical Perspectives on Business and Management

Edited by Schon Beechler, Kristin Stucker

This collection brings together some of the most influential writings of the 1970s and 1990s, and major recent publications on current and future directions in...

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15801-5 (Routledge)

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The Japanese Foreign Exchange Market

By Beate Reszat

In recent years, Japan's financial market has seen dramatic changes, in particular the explosive growth of currency trading and the increasing international role of the...

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-14232-8 (Routledge)

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Japanese Business Management

Restructuring for Low Growth and Globalisation

Edited by Harukiyo Hasegawa, Glenn D. Hook

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17256-1 (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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Society and the State in Interwar Japan

Edited by Elise K. Tipton

The social history of Japan between the First and Second World Wars is a neglected area of study. The contributors to this volume consider factors...

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15069-9 (Routledge)

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The Dynamics of Japan's Relations with Africa

South Africa, Tanzania and Nigeria

By Kweku Ampiah

This is the first book to examine in-depth Japan's relations with Africa. Japan's dependence on raw materials from South Africa made it impossible for Tokyo...

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-14483-4 (Routledge)

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The Right to Life in Japan

By Noel Williams

The Right to Life in Japan is a study that brings new perspectives to bear on an extremely important topic for all those facing the...

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15617-2 (Routledge)

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On the Margins of Japanese Society

Volunteers and the Welfare of the Urban Underclass

By Carolyn S. Stevens

The popular perception of Japanese society is that it possesses a homogeneity and cultural conformity unlike anything to be found in the West. In fact...

1997 | Hardback: 978-0-415-14648-7 (Routledge)

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