LEADER 04204nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910821883103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-13094-7 010 $a9786613130945 010 $a0-7748-5052-3 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774850520 035 $a(CKB)2560000000050483 035 $a(EBL)3411955 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000382152 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11311226 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382152 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10411556 035 $a(PQKB)10169284 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404260 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00324104 035 $a(OCoLC)57596424 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49088 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3411955 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10055931 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313094 035 $a(OCoLC)923440091 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/486kmr 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2010-12-16/1/10087552 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3411955 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3241461 035 $a(DE-B1597)661494 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774850520 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000050483 100 $a20030109d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aJapan at the millennium $ejoining past and future /$fedited by David W. Edgington 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7748-0898-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aJoining the past and present in Japan / David W. Edgington -- Japanese economics: an interpretative essay / Keizo Nagatani -- The Japanese labour movement's road to the millennium / Lonny E. Carlile -- Japan's high seas fisheries in the North Pacific Ocean: food security and foreign policy / Roger Smith -- Postwar Japan and Manchuria / Bill Sewell -- May the Saru River flow: the Nibutani Dam and the resurging tide of the Ainu identity movement / Millie Creighton -- Pop idols and gender contestation / Hiroshi Aoyagi -- A century of juvenile law in Japan / Stephan M. Salzberg -- Japan ponders the good life: improving the quality of Japanese cities / David W. Edgington -- Museum as hometown: what is "Japanese Beauty"? / Joshua S. Mostow -- Continuity and change in Japan / David W. Edgington. 330 $aJapan today is at an important historical juncture. Buffeted in recent years by rapid economic, social, and political change, yet still very much steeped in custom and history, the nation has become an amalgam of the traditional and the modern. As a result, the country has become increasingly difficult to categorize: how are we to represent today's Japan effectively, and fairly predict its future? How can the opposing forces of "change" and "continuity" be reconciled in order to understand the nation as a cohesive whole? This critical, multi-disciplinary collection explores the convergence of past and future in contemporary Japan. Contributors comment on a wide range of economic, socio-cultural, and political trends -- such as the mobilization of Japanese labour, the burgeoning Ainu identity movement, and the shifting place of the modern woman -- and conclude that despite the rapid changes, many of the traditional facets of Japanese society have remained intact. Institutional change, they assert, is unlikely to occur quickly, and Japan must find alternate ways to adjust to 21st century pressures of global competition and interdependence. A pleasure to read, this broad volume will be welcomed by upper level undergraduates, graduates, and specialists in Japanese studies. 607 $aJapan$xHistory$y1945- 607 $aJapan$xSocial conditions$y1945- 607 $aJapan$xCivilization$y1945- 607 $aJapan$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y1945- 676 $a952.05 701 $aEdgington$b David W$g(David William),$f1933-$01684954 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821883103321 996 $aJapan at the millennium$94056734 997 $aUNINA