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Japan: A Reinterpretation Paperback - 1998
by Patrick Smith
In this "New York Times" Notable Book, Patrick Smith offers a groundbreaking framework for understanding the Japan of the next millennium. Authoritative and rich in detail, the book is a timely guide to understanding a society whose changed are sure to have profound consequences around the world. "An invigorating blast of fresh air . . . An important book". "Time".
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Current Affairs/Asian Studies
Winner of the Overseas Press Club Award
for the best book on Foreign Affairs
A New York Times Notable Book of the year
"A stimulating, provocative book . . . fresh and valuable."
--The New York Times Book Review
In 1868, Japan abruptly transformed itself from a feudal society into a modern industrial state. In 1945, the Japanese switched just as swiftly from imperialism and emperor-worship to a democracy. Today, argues Patrick Smith, Japan is in the midst of equally sudden and important change.
In this award-winning book, Smith offers a groundbreaking framework for understanding the Japan of the next millennium. This time, Smith asserts, Japan's transformation is one of consciousness--a reconception by the Japanese of their country and themselves. Drawing on the voices of Japanese artists, educators, leaders, and ordinary citizens, Smith reveals a "hidden history" that challenges the West's focus on Japan as a successfully modernized country. And it is through this unacknowledged history that he shows why the Japanese live in a dysfunctional system that marginalizes women, dissidents, and indigenous peoples; why the "corporate warrior" is a myth; and why the presence of 47,000 American troops persists as a holdover from a previous era. The future of Japan, Smit suggests, lies in its citizens' ability to create new identities and possibilities for themselves--so creating a nation where individual rights matter as much as collective economic success. Authoritative, rich in detail, Japan: A Re
interpretation is our first post-Cold War account of the Japanese and a timely guide to a society whose transformation will have a profoundimpact on the rest of the world in the coming years.
"Excellent . . . a penetrating examination."
--International Herald Tribune
Winner of the Overseas Press Club Award
for the best book on Foreign Affairs
A New York Times Notable Book of the year
"A stimulating, provocative book . . . fresh and valuable."
--The New York Times Book Review
In 1868, Japan abruptly transformed itself from a feudal society into a modern industrial state. In 1945, the Japanese switched just as swiftly from imperialism and emperor-worship to a democracy. Today, argues Patrick Smith, Japan is in the midst of equally sudden and important change.
In this award-winning book, Smith offers a groundbreaking framework for understanding the Japan of the next millennium. This time, Smith asserts, Japan's transformation is one of consciousness--a reconception by the Japanese of their country and themselves. Drawing on the voices of Japanese artists, educators, leaders, and ordinary citizens, Smith reveals a "hidden history" that challenges the West's focus on Japan as a successfully modernized country. And it is through this unacknowledged history that he shows why the Japanese live in a dysfunctional system that marginalizes women, dissidents, and indigenous peoples; why the "corporate warrior" is a myth; and why the presence of 47,000 American troops persists as a holdover from a previous era. The future of Japan, Smit suggests, lies in its citizens' ability to create new identities and possibilities for themselves--so creating a nation where individual rights matter as much as collective economic success. Authoritative, rich in detail, Japan: A Re
interpretation is our first post-Cold War account of the Japanese and a timely guide to a society whose transformation will have a profoundimpact on the rest of the world in the coming years.
"Excellent . . . a penetrating examination."
--International Herald Tribune
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- Title Japan: A Reinterpretation
- Author Patrick Smith
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1998-09-29
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780679745112 / 0679745114
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.85 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.16 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects Japan - History - Allied occupation,, Japan - Civilization - 1945-
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96039220
- Dewey Decimal Code 952
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