1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457752003321

Autore

Ritchie Malcolm

Titolo

Village Japan [[electronic resource] ] : everyday life in a rural Japanese community / / Malcolm Ritchie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rutland, Vt., : Charles E. Tuttle, 1999

ISBN

1-283-30152-0

9786613301529

1-4629-0205-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

309.15219

952.04092

Soggetti

Villages - Japan

Electronic books.

Japan Rural conditions Case studies

Noto Peninsula (Japan) Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Village Japan; Afterword; Glossary

Sommario/riassunto

In this elegiac account that is part travelogue, part memoir, British poet and writer Malcolm Ritchie recounts his and his wife's unforgettable three-year-sojourn in Sora, a remote farming and fishing village on the Japan Sea coast. Ritchie weaves together anecdotes, conversations, lyrical verses, and unforgettable character studies to vividly and hauntingly evoke the rhythms of life in a traditional rural Japanese community. Underlying this portrait is the author's growing awareness that the aged inhabitants of Sora and the surrounding villages are the custodians of a fragile, barely sur



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968323203321

Autore

Flanagan Thomas <1944->

Titolo

Harper's team : behind the scenes in the Conservative rise to power / / Tom Flanagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-7735-7872-2

1-282-86590-0

9786612865909

0-7735-7538-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

324.271094

Soggetti

Political campaigns - Canada

Political leadership - Canada

Canada Politics and government 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Prelude, 1991-2001 -- 2. The Canadian Alliance Leadership Campaign, 2001-2002 -- 3. Intermission, 2002-2003 -- 4. The conservative leadership race, 2003-2004 -- 5. Getting ready, 2004 -- 6. National election, 2004 -- 7. Getting ready again, 2004-2005 -- 8. Winning the race, 2005-2006 -- 9. The ten commandments of conservative campaigning -- App. Political terminology and acronyms.

Sommario/riassunto

Harper's team fought four campaigns in five years: two leadership races and two national elections. Through trial and error - and determination - they learned to combine the Reform Party's strength in grassroots politics with the Progressive Conservative expertise in advertising and media relations, while simultaneously adopting the latest advances in information and communications technology.