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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458667303321

Autore

Allen G. C (George Cyril), <1900-1982., >

Titolo

Japan : the hungry guest / / G.C. Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011, c1938

ISBN

1-136-92812-X

1-136-92813-8

1-283-03810-2

9786613038104

0-203-84556-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Japan ; ; v. 23

Disciplina

952.033

Soggetti

Eastern question (Far East)

National characteristics, Japanese

Electronic books.

Japan Social conditions

Japan Economic conditions 1918-1945

Japan Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1938.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Nippon Seishin -- 3. Infinite variety -- 4. The structure of society -- 5. The government of the people -- 6. Fields, factories, and workshops -- 7. Economic development up to the world depression -- 8. Industrial recovery and the invasion of markets -- 9. The condition of the workers -- 10. Japan into Nippon -- 11. Manifest destiny -- 12. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Written after the outbreak of war between Japan and China but putting aside British sentiments of suspicion, dislike and a sense of competition, G C Allen bases his observations of Japanese social, political and economic life on his first-hand experience of living and working in the country for a number of years. He argues that the economic expansion of Japan was regarded as a greater threat to Britain because of Japan's political aims and aggressive territorial expansion, but he is at pains to explain the Japanese domestic



circumstances which gave rise to this situation. He also argues that t