New Directions in the Study of Meiji Japan Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : BRILL
• File Size : 34,7 Mb
• Release Date : 03 June 1997

These essays on Meiji Japan, written by scholars from nine nations, reflect a determination to destabilize existing paradigms in the social sciences and humanities, in favor of a multiplicity of

• Publisher : BRILL
• File Size : 46,8 Mb
• Release Date : 01 June 1997

These essays on Meiji Japan, written by scholars from nine nations, reflect a determination to destabilize existing paradigms in the social sciences and humanities, in favor of a multiplicity of

• Publisher : Springer
• File Size : 37,8 Mb
• Release Date : 06 December 2001

This book examines three examples of late nineteenth-century Japanese adaptations of Western literature: a biography of U.S. Grant recasting him as a Japanese warrior, a Victorian novel reset as

• Publisher : Psychology Press
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• Release Date : 03 June 2024

Offers a comparative study of representations of the Tôkaidô road, the most important route of Japan during the Edo (1600-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) eras.

• Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
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• Release Date : 01 August 2000

Southern Exposure is the first anthology of Okinawan literature to appear in English translation, and it appears at a propitious time. Although Okinawa Prefecture comprises only one percent of Japan's

• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
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• Release Date : 20 July 2009

A Companion to Japanese History provides an authoritative overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japan’s history. Composed of 30 chapters written by an international group of

• Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
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• Release Date : 30 April 2018

A sweeping work of original scholarship, Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan examines the daily lives of Japan’s hinmin (poor people), particularly urban slum-dwellers, in the late 1800s

• Publisher : University of Toronto Press
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• Release Date : 31 July 2014

The history of German medicine has undergone intense scrutiny because of its indelible connection to Nazi crimes. What is less well known is that Meiji Japan adopted German medicine as

• Publisher : Psychology Press
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• Release Date : 03 June 1998

Little serious work has been done on the policies towards Japan of countries other than the US or Britain in the seminal Meiji period. This study looks to fill this

• Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
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• Release Date : 31 January 2012

The experiences of Okinawans in mainland Japan, like those of migrant minorities elsewhere, derive from a legacy of colonialism, war, and alien rule. Okinawans have long coped with a society