Modern Japan A Very Short Introduction

Author : Christopher Goto-Jones
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019156821X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction written by Christopher Goto-Jones and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-04-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and computer games all the way through to cars, semiconductors, and management techniques. In many ways, Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains something of an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the alien and the familiar, the ancient and modern. The aim of this Very Short Introduction is to explode the myths and explore the reality of modern Japan - by taking a concise look at its history, economy, politics, and culture. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Rana Mitter
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191578797
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern China: A Very Short Introduction written by Rana Mitter and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese 'economic miracle'. It seems a country of contradictions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, heir to an ancient civilization that is still trying to find a modern identity. This Very Short Introduction offers the reader with no previous knowledge of China a variety of ways to understand the world's most populous nation, giving a short, integrated picture of modern Chinese society, culture, economy, politics and art. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Christopher Harding
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462922511
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Modern Japan written by Christopher Harding and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lucid and lyrical…a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." --The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history--from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to Japanese feminists who fought for an equal political voice in the 1890s. Though highly successful, and typically portrayed as a unified effort, Japan's rebuilding throughout the 20th century faced a lot of domestic criticism. This story-led account gives a voice to those who felt they didn't fit in with what Japan was becoming. It's that push and pull that made the country what it is today. This book will be a fascinating read for anyone interested in Japanese culture--whether film and literature, or pop culture and manga--as big shifts in Japanese ideology and society tend to come from culture and the arts, rather than being politically-driven. It will also be of interest to those traveling to Japan who want a better sense of the place, or anyone seeking to better understand Japan's role on the global stage. With over 100 photographs, maps and prints, A History of Modern Japan showcases the compelling story of Japan's amazing growth and its resulting struggles. For all the country's advancement, the Japanese people continue to wrestle with the notion of what it means to be Japanese in a changing world.

Author : Alan Tansman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199765251
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japanese Literature: a Very Short Introduction written by Alan Tansman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, Japan literature encompasses a vast range of forms and genres. Since the eighth century, poetry and the non-philosophical lyric voice have occupied a central position in Japanese literary expression. The art of narrative blossomed in the eleventh century with one of the world's great literary masterpieces, Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji and later in the work of the great modern novelists Natsume Sôseki, Tanizaki Jun'ichirô, Kawabata Yasunari, Kôbo Abe, and Ôe Kenzaburô. Beginning with Murasaki and through the present day, Japanese women have occupied a central place in the tradition: Higuchi Ichiyô, Kôda Aya, Takahashi Takako, among others. Japanese literature birthed other genres no less important than poetry and narrative, among them the literary diary, the free-flowing essay, drama, the picture book, and the literary treatise"--

Author : Michael Wert
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190685077
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samurai: a Very Short Introduction written by Michael Wert and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A book about the samurai from their origins in the eighth and ninth centuries until their demise in the mid-nineteenth century. It dispels a lot of myths about the samurai one might encounter in popular culture. It describes samurai life, work, philosophy, and warfare as it changed over time. It covers what samurai were doing when they weren't fighting. For example, samurai who engaged in commerce, formed gangs, begged, and even taught samurai etiquette and martial arts to non-samurai. The first half of the book tends to focus on warriors, some of whom were essentially aristocrats; warrior families who looked to non-warrior nobles for models of behaviour, lifestyle, and politics. It traces the early formation of a warrior regime, how it interacted with an emperor-centered noble court located permanently in Kyoto, and the political and cultural struggles within the warrior class. The second half of the book zeroes in on the details of warlord families, the struggles of "rank-and-file" samurai typically depicted in popular culture-warriors from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries. It also shows how samurai history, culture, and values were consumed by non-samurai and, in so doing, contributed to an idealized warrior image that even samurai themselves tried to emulate"--

Author : Oleg Benesch
Publisher : Past and Present Book
ISBN 13 : 0198706626
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inventing the Way of the Samurai written by Oleg Benesch and published by Past and Present Book. This book was released on 2014 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the development of the 'way of the samurai' (bushidō), which is popularly viewed as a defining element of the Japanese national character and even the 'soul of Japan' - to provide an overview of modern Japanese social, cultural, and political history.

Author : Richard John Bowring
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521548878
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Modern Japanese: Volume 1, Grammar Lessons written by Richard John Bowring and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-18 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-volume introduction to written and spoken Japanese, comprising fifty-two lessons with exercises and vocabularies.

Author : Michael J. Seth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192566520
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Korea: A Very Short Introduction written by Michael J. Seth and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbours China and Japan, Korea is now the object of considerable interest for radically different reasons— the South as an economic success story and for its vibrant popular culture; the North as the home to one of the world's most repressive regimes, at once both bizarre and menacing. This Very Short Introduction explores the history, culture, and society of a deeply divided region. Michael Seth considers what it means to be Korean, and analyses how the various peoples of the Korean peninsula became one of the world's most homogeneous nations, before exploring how this nation evolved, in a single lifetime, into today's sharply contrasting societies. He also discusses how Korea fits into the larger narrative of both East Asian and world history, economically, politically, and socially. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Robert J. McMahon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198859546
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cold War: a Very Short Introduction written by Robert J. McMahon and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-02-25 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international history of the Cold War.

Author : Ian Reader
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198718225
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pilgrimage written by Ian Reader and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Presents pilgrimage in a global and historical context. Using a wide range of examples, Reader explores how people take part in and experience their pilgrimages, and what they take back from their journeys, He concludes by examining why pilgrimages appear to be so popular in our increasingly secular age."--Front flap.