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Japan viewed from interdsciplinary perspectives : history and prospects / edited by Yoneyuki Sugita.

Other author/creatorSugita, Yoneyuki, 1962-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Descriptionxiii, 299 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series New studies of modern Japan
Contents Borders of "American citizens" created in a more globalized world : the significance of the transpacific steamship route for Asian immigration to the United States in the late 19th century / Yuki Ooi -- The symbiotic relationship between Japan's status in the world and changes in the nature of medical insurances from the 1920s to the early 1940s / Yoneyuki Sugita -- Japanese identity in a globalized world : "anti-Japanism" and discursive struggle / Karl Gustafsson -- From "funeral" to "engaged" Buddhism : death rites and postwar Japanese social identity / Steven Heine -- The Obama "pivot" to Asia in the context of American hegemony / Bruce Cumings -- The young East : negotiating Japan's place in the world through East Asian Buddhism / Judith Snodgrass -- Asia-Pacific economic cooperation (APEC) and Japan : dispute settlement and trade security / John Paden -- Popular culture regionalization in East Asia and what this means to Japan / Nissim Otmazgin -- Myanmar : the last frontier for Japanese official development assistance (ODA) to southeast Asia / Marie Söderberg -- Recalibrating Sino-Japanese relations for a better future : implications of Japan's joint anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden with China / Victor Teo -- The unforeseen effects of the American intervention : the political purge program and the making of Japan's postwar leadership / Juha Saunavaara -- A comparative analysis of the relationship between learning environments and educational performance in Japan and the United States / Christopher C. Weiss, Emma García, and Gerard Torrats-Espinosa -- Privatizing foreign policy : the role of business executives in U.S.-Japan economic relations / Toru Oga -- Abolition of Japan's nuclear power plants? : analysis from a historical perspective on early cold war, 1945-1955 / Mayako Shimamoto.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015032067
ISBN9781498500227 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9781498500241 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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