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Literacy and script reform in occupation Japan : reading between the lines /

This book challenges the widespread belief that overzealous Americans forced unnecessary script reforms on an unprepared, unenthusiastic, but helpless Japan during the Occupation. Unger presents neglected historical evidence showing that the reforms implemented from 1946 to 1959 were both necessary...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Unger, J. Marshall
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This book challenges the widespread belief that overzealous Americans forced unnecessary script reforms on an unprepared, unenthusiastic, but helpless Japan during the Occupation. Unger presents neglected historical evidence showing that the reforms implemented from 1946 to 1959 were both necessary and moderate. Although the United States Education Mission of 1946 recommended that the Japanese give serious consideration to the introduction of alphabetic writing, key American officials in the Civil Information and Education Section of GHQ/SCAP delayed and effectively killed action on this recom.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 176 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168) and index.
ISBN:9780195356380
0195356381
9786610533695
6610533695
1280533692
9781280533693