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Record Nr.

UNINA9910324960203321

Titolo

Democratizing Japan : the Allied occupation / / edited by Robert E. Ward and Sakamoto Yoshikazu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Honolulu, : University of Hawaii Press, c1987

ISBN

0-8248-8072-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 456 p., [1] folded leaf of plates ) : ill. ;

Altri autori (Persone)

WardRobert E. <1916-2009.>

SakamotoYoshikazu

Disciplina

940.53/144/0952

Soggetti

Constitutional history - Japan

Political planning - Japan - History

Japan Politics and government 1945- Congresses

Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952 Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on papers presented at a conference sponsored by both the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Joint Committee on Japanese Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The value of this book resides in the interweaving of Japanese and American scholarship and viewpoints on a number of aspects of the total Occupation experience that are of critical importance to a historical explanation of its accomplishments or shortfalls.