02982nam 2200601Ia 450 991045812490332120200520144314.01-280-53369-20-19-535638-1(CKB)1000000000401850(EBL)431336(OCoLC)252604665(SSID)ssj0000192997(PQKBManifestationID)11166585(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192997(PQKBWorkID)10197726(PQKB)10371570(MiAaPQ)EBC431336(Au-PeEL)EBL431336(CaPaEBR)ebr10279139(CaONFJC)MIL53369(EXLCZ)99100000000040185019950525d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiteracy and script reform in occupation Japan[electronic resource] reading between the lines /J. Marshall UngerNew York Oxford University Press19961 online resource (189 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-510166-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis book challenges the widespread belief that overzealous Americans forced unnecessary script reforms on an unprepared, unenthusiastic, but helpless Japan during the Occupation. Unger presents neglected historical evidence showing that the reforms implemented from 1946 to 1959 were both necessary and moderate. Although the United States Education Mission of 1946 recommended that the Japanese give serious consideration to the introduction of alphabetic writing, key American officials in the Civil Information and Education Section of GHQ/SCAP delayed and effectively killed action on this recomJapanese languageReformJapanese languageOrthography and spellingJapanese languageWritingElectronic books.Japanese languageReform.Japanese languageOrthography and spelling.Japanese languageWriting.495.611495.611Unger J. Marshall644557MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458124903321Literacy and Script Reform in Occupation Japan1188224UNINA