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Modern Japan : a very short introduction /

From the Publisher: Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products-from animated movies and computer games to cars, semiconductors, and management techniques-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goto-Jones, Christopher S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, Ã2009.
Colección:Very short introductions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: What's modern about modern Japan
  • Japan's encounter with the modern world
  • Imperial revolution: embracing modernity
  • Overcoming and overcome by modernity: Japan at war
  • Economic miracles and the making of a postmodern society
  • Overcoming denial: contemporary Japan's quest for normalcy
  • Epilogue: Japan in the 21st century.