Japan's Siberian Intervention, 1918-1922

Paul E Dunscomb

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• The fifty months of the Siberian Intervention encompass the existential crisis which affected Japanese at virtually all levels when confronted with th... Lees meer

Mito and the Politics of Reform in Early Modern Japan

Michael Alan Thornton

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This book examines early modern Mito, today an ordinary provincial capital on the outskirts of the Tokyo commuter belt, but once the headquarters of M... Lees meer

Politics and Literature Debate in Postwar Japanese Criticism, 1945-52

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This collection features works by Japanese intellectuals written in the immediate postwar period. These writings--many appearing in English for the fi... Lees meer

Living Transnationally between Japan and Brazil

Sarah A Lebaron Von Baeyer

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This book presents an ethnographic portrait of transnational Japanese-Brazilian labor migrants and their families as they navigate life between Japan ... Lees meer

Unfinished Atomic Bomb

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• In its diversity of perspectives, The Unfinished Atomic Bomb: Shadows and Reflections is testament to the ways in which contemplations of the A-bomb a... Lees meer

The Politics and Literature Debate in Postwar Japanese Criticism, 1945-52

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• In the wake of its defeat in World War II, as Japan was forced to remake itself from "empire" to "nation" in the face of an uncertain global situation... Lees meer

Unfinished Atomic Bomb

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• In its diversity of perspectives, The Unfinished Atomic Bomb: Shadows and Reflections is testament to the ways in which contemplations of the A-bomb a... Lees meer

Haiku Poetics in Twentieth Century Avant-Garde Poetry

Jeffrey Johnson

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• Haiku Poetics in Twentieth Century Avant-Garde Poetry is the first study to examine the historical importance of haiku in theorizing a global poetic, ... Lees meer

Resilient Borders and Cultural Diversity

Koichi Iwabuchi

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• The acceleration of media culture globalization processes cross-fertilization and people's exchange beyond the confinement of national borders, but no... Lees meer

The Urban Planetary and Tokyo Modernity

Christophe Thouny

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• The Urban Planetary and Tokyo Modernity: Dwelling in Passing analyzes everyday experiences in Tokyo during the 1910s and 1920s, showing how urban lite... Lees meer

Truth from a Lie

Margaret Key

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• Critics typically regard Abe Kobo (1924-93) as writing against realism, due to his avant-garde aesthetics that challenged the Naturalist realism domin... Lees meer

Wild Lines and Poetic Travels

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This volume brings together an international group of scholars, artists, and translators to analyze Suga Keijiro's multifaceted work. Lees meer

Tawada Yoko

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This collection brings together scholars from around the world to recognize and assess the achievements of Tawada Yōko, the prolific and highly lauded... Lees meer

Mito and the Politics of Reform in Early Modern Japan

Michael Alan Thornton

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This book examines early modern Mito, today an ordinary provincial capital on the outskirts of the Tokyo commuter belt, but once the headquarters of M... Lees meer

Japan Viewed from Interdisciplinary Perspectives

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• The growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Asia-Pacific region greatly surpasses the world average. When the Trans-Pacific Partnership... Lees meer

Single Mothers in Contemporary Japan

Aya Ezawa

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• Combining work and family remains a major challenge for married women in contemporary Japan, and it's not uncommon for them to quit working when start... Lees meer

Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945-2015

David Hunter-Chester

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945-2015 is a timely contribution to postwar Japan security studies. It is the first comprehensive accoun... Lees meer

Japan's Multilayered Democracy

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This book introduces a multilayered approach to the study of democracy, combining specific knowledge of Japan with theoretical insights from the liter... Lees meer

Japan's Backroom Politics

Watanabe Tsuneo

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• Japan's Backroom Politics is the translation of a classic study of the rough and tumble of Japanese politics and conservative party factions in the fi... Lees meer

Japan's Siberian Intervention, 1918-1922

Paul E Dunscomb

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• The fifty months of the Siberian Intervention encompass the existential crisis which affected Japanese at virtually all levels when confronted with th... Lees meer

Traveling Texts and the Work of Afro-Japanese Cultural Production

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• Traveling Texts and the Work of Afro-Japanese Cultural Production analyzes the complex conversations taking place in texts of all sorts traveling betw... Lees meer

Tawada Yoko

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This collection brings together scholars from around the world to recognize and assess the achievements of Tawada Yōko, the prolific and highly lauded... Lees meer

Japan's Backroom Politics

Watanabe Tsuneo

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• Japan's Backroom Politics is the translation of a classic study of the rough and tumble of Japanese politics and conservative party factions in the fi... Lees meer

Queer Voices from Japan

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• Queer Voices from Japan examines the wide range of queer voices in Japan, and the longevity that these minority communities have enjoyed in society. M... Lees meer