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Native Sources of Japanese Industrialization, 1750-1920 (Philip E. Lilienthal Books) by Thomas C Smith Publisher Comments Native Sources is a collection of seminal essays on the demographic, economic, and social history of Tokugawa and modern Japan by one of the most eminent historians of Japan in this country. Gathered together for the first time and made accessible to... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Japanese Experience (History of Civilisation) by W G Beasley Publisher Comments The Japanese Experience is an authoritative history of Japan from the sixth century to the present day. Only a writer of W.G. Beasley's stature could render Japan's complicated past so concisely and elegantly. This is the history of a society and a... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Women in the Language and Society of Japan: The Linguistic Roots of Bias by Naoko Takemaru Publisher Comments Feminist critics have long considered language a primary vehicle for the transmission of sexist values in a society. This much-needed sociolinguistic critique examines the representation of women in traditional Japanese language and society. Derogatory... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $27.74 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Modern Library Chronicles #11: Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 by Ian Buruma Publisher Comments In a single short book as elegant as it is wise, Ian Buruma makes sense of the most fateful span of Japans history, the period that saw as dramatic a transformation as any country has ever known. In the course of little more than a hundred years from the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan's Most Influential Men and Women by Mark Weston Publisher Comments Giants of Japan brings to life fifteen centuries of Japanese history through lively biographical sketches of the great men and women who have shaped this fascinating and complex country. Covering industry, the arts, religion, and politics, the book... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The State and Labor in Modern Japan by Sheldon Garon Publisher Comments In this meticulously researched study, Sheldon Garon examines the evolution of Japan's governmental policies toward labor from the late nineteenth century to the present day, and he substantially revises prevailing views which depict relations between... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $25.69 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Memories of Silk and Straw: A Self-Portrait of Small-Town Japan by Junichi Saga Publisher Comments Over 50 reminiscences of pre-modern Japan — illustrations of a way of life that has virtually disappeared. Voted "Best Book of the Year" by Japan's foreign press. This is a collective biography, based on interviews taped by a small-town doctor... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Culture of Japanese Fascism (Asia-Pacific) by Alan Tansman Publisher Comments This bold collection of essays demonstrates the necessity of understanding fascism in cultural terms rather than only or even primarily in terms of political structures and events. Contributors from history, literature, film, art history, and... (read more) List Price $33.75 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Japan in World History (New Oxford World History) by James Huffman Publisher Comments Japan in World History will address the entire scope of Japanese history, beginning with Japan's prehistoric culture and ending with a look at Japan in the world today. The majority of large scale history books on Japan, by contrast, focus on the modern... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Modern Japan: A Social History Since 1868 by J E Thomas Synopsis This text explores the historical roots of modern Japanese society. While paying due attention to the Japanese mainstream, it also discusses sections of the community which have traditionally been underprivileged or marginalized - most obviously women... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Women of the Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha by Lesley Downer Publisher Comments In this revealing, accessible, and up-to-date portrait of geisha society, an expert on Japanese culture provides personal insight into a perpetually enchanting underworld. 25 photos. 15 line drawings.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Authority without Power: Law and the Japanese Paradox by John Owen Haley Publisher Comments This book offers a comprehensive interpretive study of the role of law in contemporary Japan. Haley argues that the weakness of legal controls throughout Japanese history has assured the development and strength of informal community controls based on... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $41.62 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Japan and Its World: Two Centuries of Change by Marius B Jansen Publisher Comments Long recognized as an authority on Japanese history, Marius Jansen synthesizes a lifetime of scholarship in this landmark book. Bringing together the series of Brown and Haley lectures delivered in 1975 at the University of Puget Sound, Japan and Its... (read more) List Price $39.75 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Japan: A Documentary History by David J Lu Publisher Comments An updated edition of David Lu's acclaimed Sources of Japanese History, a primary documents textbook presented in a clear and accessible format.... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Culture of Japanese Fascism by Alan Tansman Publisher Comments This bold collection of essays demonstrates the necessity of understanding fascism in cultural terms rather than only or even primarily in terms of political structures and events. Contributors from history, literature, film, art history, and... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $25.85 Google eBooks - Electronic
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A Short History of Japan: From Samurai to Sony (Short History of Asia Series) by Curtis Andressen Publisher Comments Offering a compelling introduction to Japan's rich culture and fascinating history for travelers, businesspeople, and students, this guide discusses the influence of China, the impact of feudalism, modernization, and imperialism, Japanese history of war... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Women in the Language and Society of Japan: The Linguistic Roots of Bias by Naoko Takemaru Synopsis Feminist critics have long considered language a primary vehicle for the transmission of sexist values in a culture. This much-needed sociolinguistic critique examines the representation of women in traditional Japanese language and culture. Derogatory... (read more) List Price $52.50 Your price: $30.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Reasonable Men, Powerful Words: Political Culture and Expertise in Twentieth-Century Japan by Laura Elizabeth Hein Publisher Comments Reasonable Men, Powerful Words traces the development of political culture in twentieth-century Japan through a social and intellectual biography of six Japanese economists who influenced national political life in significant ways. The global ascendance... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $48.81 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Japan Its History & Culture 3RD Edition by W Scott Morton Publisher Comments Once a star of postwar industrial production and methods,Japan has encountered serious trouble with market forces inrecent years. Social changes and departures from tradition arebecoming more common in this conservative country. Therevised edition of the... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Clash: A History of U.S.--Japan Relations by Walter Lafeber Publisher Comments How two economies with divergent political orientations have competed -- and often collided -- with each other. When Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo harbor in July 1853, opening Japan to the West, Americans and Japanese immediately began to... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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