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Leaders and leadership in Japan /

Shows Japan's group-orientated society may have had fewer so-called 'leaders', but has excelled as a society of king-makers. On the other hand, the way leadership is expressed derives from different values and perceptions of hierarchy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Neary, Ian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; About the Contributors; 1. Leaders and Leadership in Japan; Bibliography; 2. Leadership in the Medieval Japanese Warrior Family; Introduction; Material; The Shibuya Family and Iriki Estate; The Family Council of the Shibuya in Iriki; The Family Council and the Sōryō System; Generality of the Family Council; The Principles of the SōryōSystem; The SōryōSystem and Higher Authority; Dissolution of the SōryōSystem; Conclusion; Bibliography.
  • 3. The Creation of Self-Government and LocalLeadership in Central Japan from the Fourteenth tothe Sixteenth CenturiesIntroduction; Terminology; Preconditions, Theoretical Background and Subject; Settlements, Estates and the Structure of the VillageCommunity; Topography; Territory, Estates, Settlements; The Structure of the Village Community; Case Studies on Conflict and Cooperation for Water; Cooperation on irrigation; Conflict for Irrigation; Conclusion; Bibliography; 4. Le Comte des Cantons Charles de Montblanc -Agent for the Lord of Satsuma; The Shogunal Mission of 1864.
  • The Satsuma Mission of 1865The Bakufu Mission Led by Tokugawa Akitake; Montblanc Visits Japan; Back to Paris; Writings; The Bakufu View of the Events; Note; Bibliography; 5. Mikado -From Spiritual Emperor to Enlightened Sovereign; Bibliography; 6. The Russian Occupation of Tsushima -a Stepping-stone to British Leadership in Japan; Introduction; The Russian Attack; The International Response; The Occupation of Tsushima; Conclusion; Bibliography; 7. The Paradox of Progressive Conservative Leadership in Early Meiji Japan; Introduction; Progressive Conservatism and Nation-State Building.
  • Progressive Conservatism and EducationMori Arinori as Progressive Conservative; Conclusion; Bibliography; 8. Leaders in Change: the Way to Official Language Reform; The Intellectual Élite; Script simplification; Colloquialization; Standardization; The Writers of Prose Literature; The Spoken Model; Conclusion; Bibliography; 9. The Meiji Élite and Western Culture; The Civilizing Process and the Modern Individual of Norbert Elias and the Meiji Élite; Dress and Grooming; Western Culture in the Home Interior; Meiji Etiquette and Ethics; The Meiji Civilizing Process and the Modern Individual.