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.: 9910797634203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New studies of modern Japan.