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UNINA9910788044003321 |
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Titolo |
Japan's multilayered democracy / / edited by: Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti, Nissim Otmazgin and Alon Levkowitz |
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Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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1-4985-0224-5 |
1-4985-0223-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (274 p.) |
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Collana |
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New studies of modern Japan |
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Democracy - Japan - History |
Political participation - Japan - History |
Political culture - Japan - History |
Japan Politics and government 1945- |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Part I: Prewar Source of Japanese Democracy; 2 February 11, 1889; 3 Is Taishō Demokurashī the Same as Taishō Democracy?; 4 The Making of Private and Public Space in Meiji Japan; Part II: Democratic Institutions and State Transformation; 5 The Postwar Emperor in Democratized Japan; 6 Japan's Remilitarization Debate and the Projection of Democracy; 7 Normalization, Democracy, and the Armed Forces; 8 Japan's Labor Tribunal System; Part III: Political Culture and Civil Society; 9 Americanization and Democratization; 10 Democracy and Liberalism in Postwar Japan |
11 Televised Democracy?12 Pink Democracy; Part IV: Conclusion; 13 Is Democracy under Threat?; Index; About the Contributors |
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<span><span>This book unveils the layers of Japan's democracy, and the essays suggest a widening of disciplinary perspectives. The editors employ an assortment of disciplines-history, anthropology, sociology, political science, law, and cultural studies-to explore the complex interrelationships between history, institutions, and sociocultural practices.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span> |
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UNINA9910965260203321 |
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Autore |
Seller Maxine <1935-> |
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We built up our lives : education and community among Jewish refugees interned by Britain in World War II / / Maxine Schwartz Seller |
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Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2001 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Contributions to the study of world history, , 0885-9159 ; ; no. 92 |
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Jewish refugees - Great Britain |
World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Great Britain |
World War, 1939-1945 - Concentration camps - Great Britain |
Jews, German - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
Great Britain Ethnic relations |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 "We Had to Go"-Life in the Third Reich -- 2 From Refugees to Internees -- 3 Making the Best of It -- 4 Creating Community -- 5 Education in the Men's Camps -- 6 Education in the Women's Camp -- 7 Getting Out and Looking Back -- Bibliographic Essay and Sources -- Index. |
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Fearing an imminent Nazi invasion, the British government interned 28, 000 men and women of enemy nationality living in Britain in the spring of 1940. Most were Jewish refugees who, having fled Nazi persecution, were appalled to find themselves imprisoned as potential Nazi spies. Using oral histories, unpublished letters and memoirs, artifacts and newspapers from the camps, and government documents, We Built Up Our Lives tells the compelling story of sixty-three of these internees. It is a seldom-told part of the history of World War II and the Holocaust and a classic tale of human courage and resilience. We Built Up Our Lives describes the survival mechanisms relied upon by the Jewish refugees. Although the internees, imprisoned in Britain, the Isle of Man, Canada, and Australia, were adequately housed and fed and rarely mistreated, they were cut off from family, friends, school, and work-- |
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everything that had given meaning to their lives. Resisting boredom, anger, and despair, the internees made the best of a bad situation by creating education, culture, and community within the camps. Before and after as well as during the internment--in Nazi Germany and in Britain--educational resources and social networks were essential to the refugees' efforts to build up their lives. Equally important were personal qualities of courage, ingenuity, assertiveness, and resilience. |
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