Broschiertes Buch

Social Commentary on State and Society in Modern Japan

Beschreibung

This anthology analyzes societal and cultural aspects of modern Japan. It identifies the dynamic trend and undercurrent in Japan by addressing three key areas: modernization, internationalization, and memory and imagination. Using interdisciplinary and multi-language approaches, it discusses topics such as religion, ethnicity, civil society, art, public health, popular culture, war, identity and education. It is a valuable resource for scholars and graduate students with an interest in cutting-edge research analyses of Japanese / Asian studies.

Autor

Yoneyuki Sugita is professor of history at Osaka University, Japan. His major works include "The Symbiotic Relationship between Japan's Status in the World and Changes in the Nature of Medical Insurances from the 1920s to the Early 1940s," in Yoneyuki Sugita ed., Japan Viewed from Interdisciplinary Perspectives: History and Prospects (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015);"The Beveridge Report and Japan," Social Work in Public Health 29:1 (2014); and "Japan's epoch-making health-insurance reforms, 1937-1945," Japan Forum, Vol. 25, Issue 1 (2013).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Nature Singapore / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-981-10-9604-4
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 307g
• ISBN-13: 9789811096044
• ISBN-10: 981109604X
• Artikelnr.: 53019397