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Reischauer, Edwin O.

 
9780674471818: Japanese Today: Change and Continuity
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ISBN 10: 0674471814 ISBN 13: 9780674471818
Editorial: Harvard University Press, 1988

Sinopsis

To reflect America's current understanding of and attitudes toward Japan, the author re-examines Japanese society, personality, government, politics, business organization, and relations with the outside world

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Críticas

Reischauer is one of few Westerners who knows so well the social, cultural, political, and economic developments of Japanese society. -- Badar A. Iqbal "Japan Times" "Praise for the first edition: " Edwin Reischauer displays a novelist's sensitivity in this thorough overview, managing to explain the paradoxes of Japan without diminishing the sense of mystery..."The Japanese Today" offers the broadest available overview of the world's third greatest economic power, sagaciously exploring politics, history, religion, and education. [Reischauer] is one of few Westerners who knows so well the social, cultural, political, and economic developments of Japanese society.--Badar A. Iqbal "Japan Times " For many years Americans headed for careers in Japan have been preparing themselves with the books of Edwin O. Reischauer. Few people know the subject better than he.--John Burgess "Washington Post Book World " Born and brought up in Japan and, in the 1960s, American ambassador to Tokyo, [Reischauer] is well placed to analyze the special qualities of a people who down the years have fluctuated between self-deprecation and an almost cosmic arrogance, and who now seem poised to achieve dominance over the global economy.--Alexander MacLeod "London Sunday Times " "Praise for the first edition: " Edwin Reischauer displays a novelist's sensitivity in this thorough overview, managing to explain the paradoxes of Japan without diminishing the sense of mystery..."The Japanese Today" offers the broadest available overview of the world's third greatest economic power, sagaciously exploring politics, history, religion, and education.

Reseña del editor

To reflect America's current understanding of and attitudes toward Japan, the author re-examines Japanese society, personality, government, politics, business organization, and relations with the outside world

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Editorial
Harvard University Press
Año de publicación
1988
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0674471814
ISBN 13 
9780674471818
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
440
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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9780674471849: The Japanese Today: Change and Continuity, Enlarged Edition

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ISBN 10:  0674471849 ISBN 13:  9780674471849
Editorial: The Belknap Press, 1995
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