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Titolo: | Japan viewed from interdsciplinary perspectives : history and prospectshistory and prospects / / edited by Yoneyuki Sugita |
Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , [2015] |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
Disciplina: | 303.48/252 |
Soggetto geografico: | Japan Relations Asia |
Asia Relations Japan | |
Japan Relations United States | |
United States Relations Japan | |
Persona (resp. second.): | SugitaYoneyuki <1962-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Borders of "American citizens" created in a more globalized world : the significance of the transpacific steamship route for Asian immigration to the Unites States in the late 19th century / Yuki Ooi -- Symbiotic relationship between Japan's status in the world and changes in the nature of medical insurances from the 1920s to the early 1940s / Yoneyuki Sugita -- Japanese identity in a globalized world : "anti-Japanism" and discursive struggle / Karl Gustafsson -- From "funeral" to "engaged" Buddhism : death rites and postwar Japanese social identity / Steven Heine -- The Obama 'pivot' to Asia in the context of American hegemony / Bruce Cumings -- The young East : negotiating Japan's place in the world through East Asian Buddhism / Judith Snodgrass -- Asia-Pacific economic cooperation (APEC) and Japan : dispute settlement and trade security / John Paden -- Popular culture regionalization in East Asia and what this means to Japan / Nissim Otmazgin -- Myanmar : the last frontier for Japanese official development assistance (ODA) to southeast Asia / Marie Söderberg -- Recalibrating Sino-Japanese relations for a better future : implications of Japan's joint anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden with China / Victor Teo -- The unforeseen effects of the American intervention : the political purge program and the making of Japan's postwar leadership / Juha Saunavaara -- A comparative analysis of the relationship between learning environments and educational performance in Japan and the United States / Christopher Weiss, Emma García, and Gerard Torrats-Espinosa -- Privatizing foreign policy : the role of business executives in U.S.-Japan economic relations / Toru Oga -- Abolition of Japan's nuclear power plants : analysis from a historical perspective on early cold war, 1945-1955 / Mayako Shimahoto. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Situating itself within contemporary Japan, this edited collection raises questions about globalization, Japan's relationships with other Asian countries, and the continued importance of U.S.-Japan relations. The contributors analyze the historical development of the region and its current situation from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to answer these questions. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Japan viewed from interdsciplinary perspectives |
ISBN: | 1-4985-0023-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910816178103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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