Making Japanese citizens [[electronic resource] ] : civil society and the mythology of the Shimin in postwar Japan / / Simon Andrew Avenell |
Autore | Avenell Simon Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
Disciplina | 323.6/0952 |
Soggetto topico |
Citizenship - Japan
Civil society - Japan Political activists - Japan |
Soggetto non controllato |
asia scholars
asian studies civic activism civic groups civic thought contemporary japan democracy government reform historians industrialized nations japan japanese citizens japanese history japanese society local government modern history political participation popular nationalism postwar era postwar japan protests retrospective self reliance shimin mythology social activists social cultural history social movements |
ISBN |
0-520-94767-3
9786612732560 1-282-73256-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Before the Shimin: The Dark Energy of the People -- 2. Mass Society, Anpo, and the Birth of the Shimin -- 3. Beheiren and the Asian Shimin: The Fate of Conscientious Civic Activism -- 4. Residents into Citizens: The Fate of Pragmatic Civic Activism -- 5. Shimin, New Civic Movements, and the Politics of Proposal -- Conclusion: The Shimin Idea and Civil Society -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786713803321 |
Avenell Simon Andrew
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Racial propositions : ballot initiatives and the making of postwar California / / Daniel Martinez HoSang |
Autore | HoSang Daniel Martinez |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (388 pages) |
Disciplina | 979.4053 |
Collana | American crossroads |
Soggetto topico | Referendum - History - 20th century - California |
Soggetto non controllato |
affirmative action programs
american politics ballot initiatives bilingual rights california civil rights conservative liberal divide controversial discrimination diversity historical history buffs immigrants inequality liberal politics modern history nonfiction postwar california postwar era public services race issues racial conservatism racial identity racial inequality racism undocumented immigrants united states voter rights |
ISBN | 0-520-94771-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. "We Have No Master Race" Racial Liberalism and Political Whiteness -- 2. " Racial and Religious Tolerance Are Highly Desirable Objectives" Fair Employment and the Vicissitudes of Tolerance, 1945 - 1960 -- 3. "Get Back Your Rights!" Fair Housing and the Right to Discriminate, 1960 - 1972 -- 4. "We Love All Kids" School Desegregation, Busing, and the Triumph of Racial Innocence, 1972 - 1982 -- 5. " How Can You Help Unite California?" English Only and the Politics of Exclusion, 1982 - 1990 -- 6. "They Keep Coming!" The Tangled Roots of Proposition 187 -- 7. " Special Interests Hijacked the Civil Rights Movement" Affirmative Action and Bilingual Education on the Ballot, 1996 - 2000 -- 8. " Dare We Forget the Lessons of History?" Ward Connerly's Racial Privacy Initiative, 2001 - 2003 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790057503321 |
HoSang Daniel Martinez
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Rifle reports [[electronic resource] ] : a story of Indonesian independence / / Mary Margaret Steedly |
Autore | Steedly Mary Margaret <1946-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
Disciplina | 959.803/5 |
Soggetto topico | Karo-Batak (Indonesian people) - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
anthropology asia scholars asian studies cultural memory decolonization dutch colonialism ethnographers ethnographic history gender issues gendered history historians independence indonesia indonesian independence karo batak local histories men and women nation formation nationalism nonfiction north sumatra personal histories photographs postcolonialism postwar era sovereignty storytelling veterans villagers wartime experiences |
ISBN | 0-520-95528-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Technical Notes -- Introduction: The Outskirts of the Nation -- 1. The Golden Bridge -- 2. Buried Guns -- 3. Imagining Independence -- 4. Eager Girls -- 5. Sea of Fire -- 6. Letting Loose the Water Buffaloes -- 7. The Memory Artist -- Conclusion: The Sense of an Ending -- Appendix 1: List of Informants -- Appendix 2: Glossary and Abbreviations -- Appendix 3: Time Line -- Notes -- References -- Index of Cited Informants -- General Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786114303321 |
Steedly Mary Margaret <1946->
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Seriously! [[electronic resource] ] : investigating crashes and crises as if women mattered / / Cynthia Enloe |
Autore | Enloe Cynthia H. <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.42 |
Soggetto topico |
Feminism
Feminist theory Women Male domination (Social structure) Financial crises |
Soggetto non controllato |
2008
america anthropology banking crash banking case studies cultural criticism current events dominique strauss kahn egyptian revolution female experience feminism feminist theory gender dynamics gender politics gender studies job market modern women nonfiction postwar era recession revolutionary women revolutions risk taking seriousness sexual harassment taken seriously un peacekeeping war zones womens issues womens security worth |
ISBN |
0-520-27537-3
0-520-95666-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Who Is "Taken Seriously"? -- 2. Launching and Naming: Sexual Harassment and One Women's-Studies Story -- 3. The Mundane Matters: Why Feminists Take Daily Life Seriously -- 4. DSK, Vikings, and the Smartest Guys: Masculinities in the Banking Crash of 2008 -- 5. Women in Recession: Austerity and Misogyny -- 6. Militarism, Patriarchy, and Peace Movements: In Conversation with Cynthia Cockburn -- 7. Failing to Secure the Peace: Patriarchal Assumptions and Their Consequences for UN Operations in Haiti; A Conversation with Nadine Puechguirbal -- 8. Egyptian Women, Feminism, Revolutions: The Dinner Party -- 9. Conclusion: In the Eye of the Beholder -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779751703321 |
Enloe Cynthia H. <1938->
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Spaces of conflict, sounds of solidarity [[electronic resource] ] : music, race, and spatial entitlement in Los Angeles / / Gaye Theresa Johnson |
Autore | Johnson Gaye Theresa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina | 979.4/94 |
Collana | American crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Community development - California - Los Angeles - History
Minorities - Political activity - California - Los Angeles - History Minorities - California - Los Angeles - Social conditions Popular music - Social aspects - California - Los Angeles |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century
african americans anti racist alliances black americans chicanos cultural expressions historians institutional repression interracial alliances los angeles minority communities music and culture music historians music history postwar era power imbalances race and class issues race issues racial alliances regional music social repression spatial entitlement spatial politics us history working class |
ISBN | 0-520-95485-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Future Has a Past -- Chapter 1. Luisa Moreno, Charlotta Bass, and the Constellations of Interethnic Working-Class Radicalism -- Chapter 2. Spatial Entitlement -- Chapter 3. Cold Wars and Counter WAR(s): Coalitional Politics in an Age of Violence -- Chapter 4. "Teeth-Gritting Harmony": Punk, Hip-Hop, and Sonic Spatial Politics -- Chapter 5. Space, Sound, and Shared Struggles -- Conclusion: In This Great Future . . . -- Acknowledgments -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786186103321 |
Johnson Gaye Theresa
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2013 | ||
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