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Nationalisms in Japan

Edited by Naoko Shimazu

Nationalisms in Japan brings together leading specialists in the field to discuss how notions of ‘nationalism’ in modern Japan impinges on all aspects of social,…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40053-4 (Routledge)

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Cities, Autonomy, and Decentralization in Japan

Edited by Carola Hein, Philippe Pelletier

Adding a new perspective to the current literature on decentralization in Japan, Cities, Autonomy and Decentralization in Japan, approaches the subject from an urban studies…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32603-2 (Routledge)

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Institutional Change in Japan

Edited by Magnus Blomström, Sumner La Croix

This is a new analysis of recent changes in important Japanese institutions. It addresses the origin, development, and recent adaptation of core institutions, including financial…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-38015-7 (Routledge)

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Adoption in Japan

Comparing Policies for Children in Need

By Peter Hayes, Toshie Habu

The first book-length study of adoption in Japan, this impressive work tackles the innovative and sometimes controversial subject of the policies of adoption agencies in…

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2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39181-8 (Routledge)

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Empire and Neoliberalism in Asia

Edited by Vedi R. Hadiz

This book analyzes the overall effect of American primacy on social and political conflicts in Asia, discussing how the post-Cold War American agenda does not…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39081-1 (Routledge)

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Japan's Foreign Aid

Old Continuities and New Directions

Edited by David Arase

Filling a gap in the existing literature, this book analyzes the distinctive features of Japan’s development aid, especially technical co-operation, in comparison with other donors’…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40613-0 (Routledge)

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Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective

Place, Power and Memory in Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo

Edited by Nicolas Fiévé, Paul Waley

Japan's ability to develop its own brand of modernity has often been attributed in part to the sophistication of its cities. Concentrating on Kyoto, Edo…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40581-2 (Routledge)

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Japonisme in Britain

Whistler, Menpes, Henry, Hornel and nineteenth-century Japan

By Ayako Ono

Japan held a profound fascination for western artists in the latter half of the nineteenth century and the influence of Japonisme on western art was…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40584-3 (Routledge)

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Nationalism and Internationalism in Imperial Japan

Autonomy, Asian Brotherhood, or World Citizenship?

By Dick Stegewerns

Throughout the history of modern Japan there has been a continuous struggle to create an integrated conception of how a politically and/or culturally autonomous Japan…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40596-6 (Routledge)

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The Zen Arts

An Anthropological Study of the Culture of Aesthetic Form in Japan

By Rupert Cox

The tea ceremony and the martial arts are intimately linked in the popular and historical imagination with Zen Buddhism, and Japanese culture. They are commonly…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40602-4 (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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