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Japan viewed from interdsciplinary perspectives : history and prospectshistory and prospects
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Situating itself within contemporary Japan, this edited collection raises questions about globalization, Japan's relationships with other Asian countries, and the continued importance of U.S.-Japan...
Situating itself within contemporary Japan, this edited collection raises questions about globalization, Japan's relationships with other Asian countries, and the continued importance of U.S.-Japan relations. The contributors analyze the historical development of the region and its current situation from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to answer these questions.
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- Creator
- edited by Yoneyuki Sugita
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
- ©2015
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781498500234, 1498500234, 1498500242, 1498500226
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Borders of "American citizens" created in a more globalized world : the significance of the transpacific steamship route for Asian immigration to the Unites States in the late 19th century / Yuki Ooi -- Symbiotic relationship between Japan's status in the world and changes in the nature of medical insurances from the 1920s to the early 1940s / Yoneyuki Sugita -- Japanese identity in a globalized world : "anti-Japanism" and discursive struggle / Karl Gustafsson -- From "funeral" to "engaged" Buddhism : death rites and postwar Japanese social identity / Steven Heine -- The Obama 'pivot' to Asia in the context of American hegemony / Bruce Cumings -- The young East : negotiating Japan's place in the world through East Asian Buddhism / Judith Snodgrass -- Asia-Pacific economic cooperation (APEC) and Japan : dispute settlement and trade security / John Paden -- Popular culture regionalization in East Asia and what this means to Japan / Nissim Otmazgin -- Myanmar : the last frontier for Japanese official development assistance (ODA) to southeast Asia / Marie Söderberg -- Recalibrating Sino-Japanese relations for a better future : implications of Japan's joint anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden with China / Victor Teo -- The unforeseen effects of the American intervention : the political purge program and the making of Japan's postwar leadership / Juha Saunavaara -- A comparative analysis of the relationship between learning environments and educational performance in Japan and the United States / Christopher Weiss, Emma García, and Gerard Torrats-Espinosa -- Privatizing foreign policy : the role of business executives in U.S.-Japan economic relations / Toru Oga -- Abolition of Japan's nuclear power plants : analysis from a historical perspective on early cold war, 1945-1955 / Mayako Shimahoto