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Britain and Japan

Biographical Portraits, Vol. III

By J E. Hoare, J. E. Hoare

The success of the first two volumes in this series has prompted this third volume of 25 further protraits of key personalities, including Natsume Soseki,…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-1-873410-89-9 (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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Japanese Science

From the Inside

By Samuel Coleman

This new ethnographic study looks of Japan's scientists looks firsthand at career structures and organizational issues that have hampered the advancement of scientists and scientific…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20169-8 (Routledge)

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Japan's Economic Power and Security

Japan and North Korea

By Christopher W. Hughes

Is Japan re-emerging as a normal, or even a great, military power in regional and global security affairs? This Adelphi Paper assesses the overall trajectory…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-20183-4 (Routledge)

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Endö Shüsaku

A Literature of Reconciliation

By Mark B. Williams

Endö Shüsaka is probably the most widely translated of all Japanese authors. In this first major study of Endö's works, Mark Williams moves the discussion…

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-14481-0 (Routledge)

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Japanese Economic Development

Theory and Practice

By Penelope Francks

This newly revised, clearly-presented text looks at Japan's economic history from the nineteenth century through to World War II. Working within a framework based on…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18738-1 (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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Showa Japan

Political, Economic and Social History 1926-1989

Edited by Stephen S. Large

A representative cross-section of works by international scholars in Japanese history have been chosen here for their interpretative thrust and narrative clarity. The articles in…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-14319-6 (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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Meiji Japan

Political, Economic and Social History 1868-1912

Edited by Peter Kornicki

Meiji Japan represents a reassessment of the political, economic and social history of Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1911). The Meiji Restoration of 1868 was…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-15618-9 (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

Ideology and Christianity in Japan
By Kiri Paramore
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

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