| Description |
443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 429-431. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The setting. The land -- Agriculture and natural resources -- Isolation -- Historical background. Early Japan -- Feudalism -- Centralized feudalism -- The Meiji restoration -- The constitutional system -- The militaristic reaction -- The occupation reforms -- Postwar Japan -- Society. Diversity and change -- The group -- Relativism -- Individuality -- Hierarchy -- Education -- Business -- Mass culture -- Women -- Religion -- Psychological traits -- Politics. The political heritage -- The emperor -- The diet -- Other organs of government -- Electoral politics -- Parties -- The decision-making process -- Issues -- Trends -- Political style -- Japan and the world. The prewar record -- Neutrality or alignment -- International trade -- Interdependence -- Language -- Separateness and internationalism -- The future. |
| Summary |
Discusses the paradoxes of modern Japanese society, the contrast between group emphasis, individualism and a strong sense of hierarchy and the highly egalitarian school and social system; describes the government, assesses politics, and evaluates their democracy. |
| Subject |
Japan.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Reischauer, Edwin O. (Edwin Oldfather), 1910-1990. Japanese. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press, 1977 (OCoLC)559511731 |
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Online version: Reischauer, Edwin O. (Edwin Oldfather), 1910-1990. Japanese. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press, 1977 (OCoLC)631459316 |
| ISBN |
0674471768 |
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9780674471764 |
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