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Tag Archives: book announcement
Book Announcement: The Great Transformation of Japanese Capitalism
The Great Transformation of Japanese Capitalism Edited by Sébastien Lechevalier Translated by J. A. A. Stockwin Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies Routledge Description In the 1980s the performance of Japan’s economy was an international success story, and led many economists … Continue reading
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Book Announcement: Lords of the Sea: Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan
Lords of the Sea: Pirates, Violence, and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan Peter D. Shapinsky Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies Number 76 A John Whitney Hall Book Published by the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan ISBN … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, lordship, maritime, maritime history, medieval, medieval Japan, piracy, pirates
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Book Announcement: Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan
Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan edited by Andrea Germer, Vera Mackie and Ulrike Wöhr, Routledge, 2014 Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan makes a unique contribution to the international literature on the formation of modern nation–states in … Continue reading
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Book Announcement: Growing Democracy in Japan: The Parliamentary Cabinet System since 1868
Growing Democracy in Japan: The Parliamentary Cabinet System since 1868 by Brian Woodall 300 pages Pubdate: 06/17/2014 6 x 9 5 figures, 12 tables The world’s third largest economy and a stable democracy, Japan remains a significant world power; but its economy has … Continue reading
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Book Announcement: The Sarashina Diary: A Woman’s Life in Eleventh-century Japan
Sonja Arntzen and Itō Moriyuki are pleased to announce the publication of their collaborative work, which as some subscribers to this list know has been a long time in preparation: The Sarashina Diary: A Woman’s Life in Eleventh-century Japan, by Sugawara … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Secrecy’s Power: Covert Shin Buddhists in Japan and Contraditions of Concealment
Via University of Hawai’i Press. Secrecy’s Power: Covert Shin Buddhists in Japan and Contraditions of Concealment Author: Chilson, Clark; 235pp. July 2014 Cloth – Price: $42.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3839-3 Shin has long been one of the most popular forms of Buddhism … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian religions, book announcement, books, Buddhism, Clark Chilson, religion, Shin Buddhism
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Book Announcement: Beyond Ainu Studies: Changing Academic and Public Perspectives
Via University of Hawai’i Press. Editors: Mark J. Hudson, Ann-Elise Lewallen, Mark K. Watson 272pp. January 2014 Cloth – Price: $52.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-3697-9 In 2008, 140 years after it had annexed Ainu lands, the Japanese government shocked observers by finally recognizing … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Ainu, Ainu diaspora, Ainu studies, book announcement, books, clothwork, gender, indigeneity, indigenous, minorities in Japan
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Book Announcement: Yūrei: The Japanese Ghost
Via Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai. Yūrei: The Japanese Ghost by Zack Davisson Chin Music Press Inc. (September 2, 2014) I am proud to announce that my book Yūrei: The Japanese Ghost is finally available for preorder! This book is the culmination of … Continue reading
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Book Announcement: Seismic Japan: The Long History and Continuing Legacy of the Ansei Edo Earthquake
Via University of Hawai’i Press. Seismic Japan: The Long History and Continuing Legacy of the Ansei Edo Earthquake Author: Gregory Smits 256pp. December 2013 Cloth – Price: $54.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-3817-1 What are we to make of contemporary newspapers in Japan speculating about the possible … Continue reading
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