| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 299 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
New studies of modern Japan
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New studies of modern Japan.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Situating itself within contemporary Japan, this edited collection raises questions about globalization, Japan's relationships with other Asian countries, and the continued importance of U.S.-Japan relations. The contributors analyze the historical development of the region and its current situation from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to answer these questions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Japan -- Relations -- Asia.
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Japan. |
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Relations. |
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Asia. |
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Asia -- Relations -- Japan.
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Japan -- Relations -- United States.
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United States -- Relations -- Japan.
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United States. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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International relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Sugita, Yoneyuki, 1962- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Japan viewed from interdsciplinary perspectives Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015] 9781498500227 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2015032067 |
| ISBN |
9781498500234 ebook |
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1498500234 |
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9781498500227 cloth : alkaline paper |
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9781498500241 paperback : alkaline paper |
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1498500226 |
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1498500242 |
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