Yokohama and the Silk Trade

Yasuhiro Makimura

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This study provides a broad political and economic examination of the impact of the silk trade on nineteenth-century Japan. It analyzes the economic r... Lees meer

Japan Viewed from Interdisciplinary Perspectives

• Hardcover | 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

Rethinking Japan

Arthur Stockwin, Kweku Ampiah

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• The authors argue that with the election of the Abe Government in December 2012, Japanese politics has entered a radically new phase they describe as ... 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

Literature Among the Ruins, 1945-1955

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• In the wake of the disaster of 1945--as Japan was forced to remake itself from "empire" to "nation" in the face of an uncertain global situation--lite... Lees meer

Literary Mischief

James Dorsey, Douglas Slaymaker

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• Sakaguchi Ango (1906-1955) was a writer who thrived on iconoclasm and agitation. He remains one of the most creative and stimulating thinkers of twent... Lees meer

Tawada Yoko

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This collection draws from scholars across different languages to address and assess the scholarly achievements of Tawada Yōko. Yōko, born in Japan (1... 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

Rethinking Japan

Arthur Stockwin, Kweku Ampiah

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• The authors argue that with the election of the Abe Government in December 2012, Japanese politics has entered a radically new phase they describe as ... Lees meer

Queer Voices from Japan

• Paperback | 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

Wild Lines and Poetic Travels

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This volume of essays and translations analyzes the prodigious and wide-ranging output of Keijiro Suga. Based in Japan, Keijiro Suga's works are wide-... Lees meer

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

• Hardcover | 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

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

Tawada Yoko

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This collection draws from scholars across different languages to address and assess the scholarly achievements of Tawada Yōko. Yōko, born in Japan (1... Lees meer

The Unfinished Atomic Bomb

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This collection examines how the use of the atomic bomb in Japan has been memorialized. The contributors analyze the cultural legacies of the atomic b... Lees meer

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

David Hunter-Chester

• Hardcover | 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

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

Wild Lines and Poetic Travels

• Paperback | 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

A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness

Yuko Kawai

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This book investigates the construction of Japaneseness from a transnational perspective. By analyzing a variety of communication during the first two... 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

The 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

Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan

Saeko Kimura

• Hardcover | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• This seminal book is the first sustained critical work that engages with the varieties of literature following the triple disasters--the earthquake, t... Lees meer

Single Mothers in Contemporary Japan

Aya Ezawa

• Paperback | Engels | New Studies in Modern Japan
• Based on life history interviews of single mothers in Japan, this detailed study examines the socioeconomic consequences of becoming a single mother a... 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