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UNINA9910800182103321 |
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Ò„hara Mayumi <1951-> |
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English language teaching during Japan's Post-War occupation : politics and pedagogy / / by Mayumi Ohara and John Buchanan |
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Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2018 |
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1-351-65449-7 |
1-315-15772-1 |
1-351-65448-9 |
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[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (293 pages) |
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Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia |
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English language - Study and teaching - Japan - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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part Part I Context -- chapter 1 The scope of this book -- chapter 2 Setting the scene 12 / Power -- part Part II Historical background -- chapter 3 History of foreign language education in Japan -- chapter 4 Exploring the historical literature (1) -- chapter 5 Exploring the historical literature (2) -- chapter 6 Data sources, collection and analysis -- part Part III Interviews and their implications -- chapter 7 The interviews: what we learned -- chapter 8 Concluding thoughts. |
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In 1945 Japan had to adjust very rapidly to sudden defeat, to the arrival of the American Occupation and to the encounter with the English language, together with a different outlook on many aspects of society and government. This scholarly book is based on in-depth interviews with people, now aged, who were school students at the time of the Occupation and who experienced first-hand this immense cultural change. The book considers the nature of the changing outlook, including democratization, the new role for the Japanese Emperor and all this represented for the place of tradition in Japanese life and the growing emphasis on individualism away from collectivism. Itdiscusses the changing system of education itself, including new structures and new textbooks, and relates the feelings of the participants as they came to terms with defeat and the language and culture of the former enemy. Overall, the book provides a fascinating insight into a key period of Japanese history. |
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UNINA9910496136303321 |
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Autore |
Clarke Lee Ben |
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Acceptable risk? : making decisions in a toxic environment / / Lee Clarke [[electronic resource]] |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1989 |
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0-520-35209-2 |
0-520-91199-7 |
0-585-30050-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 229 p. ) |
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Environmental protection - United States |
Risk assessment - United States |
Environmental health - United States |
Environmental policy - United States |
Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Environmental Engineering |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (201-217). |
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Organizations and modern technology give us much of what we value, but they have also given us Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and Bhopal. The question at the heart of this paradox is "What is acceptable risk?" Based on his examination of the 1981 contamination of an office building in Binghamton, New York, Lee Clarke's compelling study argues that organizational processes are the key to understanding how some risks rather than others are defined as acceptable. He finds a pattern of decision-making based on relationships among organizations rather than the authority of individuals or single agencies. |
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