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UNINA9910959603803321 |
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Unger J. Marshall |
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Literacy and script reform in occupation Japan : reading between the lines / / J. Marshall Unger |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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0-19-772200-8 |
1-280-53369-2 |
0-19-535638-1 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 176 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Japanese language - Reform |
Japanese language - Writing |
Japanese language - Orthography and spelling |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliography: p159-168. - Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1996. |
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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; Transcription and Use of Japanese Words; 1. Introduction: Dreamers or Realists?; 2. Literacy in Japan up to 1945; 3. Script Reform from Within; 4. SCAP Steps In; 5. The Romaji Education Experiment; 6. Conclusion: The Most Literate Nation on Earth?; Appendix A: Halpern's Overview of the Romanization Issue; Appendix B: Trainor's Account of the Romaji Education Experiment; Appendix C: Calhoun's Key Memoranda on the Experiment's Results; Appendix D: Remarks on Archival Sources; Glossary of Japanese Terms; Notes; References; Index |
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Japanese writing intermingles three different sets of characters, making it difficult to adapt to new technology. This book looks at why the Japanese have not reformed their orthography and why the efforts at script reform that took place after World War II were defeated. |
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UNINA9910970855203321 |
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Autore |
France John |
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Perilous glory : the rise of western military power / / John France |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (448 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Military art and science - History |
Military history |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
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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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations and Maps -- Preface -- 1. The Many Faces of War -- 2. Many Worlds of War -- 3. Horses and Hoplites -- 4. The Glory of Empire, 336 BC-AD 651 -- 5. Ideology and Warfare, 500-c.1200 -- 6. The Steppe Supremacy, c.1200-1683 -- 7. Discipline, c.1683-c.1860 -- 8. The Military Revolution -- 9. Industrial Killing -- 10. Culture and Warfare in the Age of Total War, 1919-1945 -- 11. A New Age of War -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Appendix 1: Tables -- Index |
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This expansive book surveys the history of warfare from ancient Mesopotamia to the Gulf War in search of a deeper understanding of the origins of Western warfare and the reasons for its eminence today. Historian John France explores the experience of war around the globe, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. His bold conclusions cast doubt on well-entrenched attitudes about the development of military strength, the impact of culture on warfare, the future of Western dominance, and much more.Taking into account wars waged by virtually all civilizations since the beginning of recorded history, France finds that despite enormous cultural differences, war was conducted in distinctly similar ways right up to the Military Revolution and the pursuit of technological warfare in the nineteenth century. Since then, European and American culture has shaped warfare, but only because we have achieved a sense of distance from it, France argues. He warns that the present eminence of U.S. power is much more precarious and |
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accidental than commonly believed. The notion that war is a distant phenomenon is only an illusion, and our cultural attitudes must change accordingly. |
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