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Supreme Commander
HarperCollins 2014; US$ 21.99Supreme Commander by Seymour Morris Jr. has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. more...
Japanese Capitalism in Crisis
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 250.00The contributors to Japanese Capitalism in Crisis show that there can be a middle ground between the current extremes of the Japanese economy, and offer two proposals: a deeper understanding of long term development, and an extension of existing theory. more...
Informality and Monetary Policy in Japan
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 53.00Provides the first quantitative and qualitative assessment of Informality in the formation of Japanese monetary policy. The author, having spent two years at the Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies at the Bank of Japan and the Japanese Ministry of Finance, offers a unique 'insider-outsider' perspective. more...
Shockwave
HarperCollins US 2005; US$ 11.99At 31,000 feet above Japan, Tom Ferebee sits hunched over his bombsight. Below him lies the primary target of an operation called "Special Mission Number 13" by the few military personnel aware of its existence -- Hiroshima, a city of over 300,000. He waits until the aiming point is directly below the crosshairs and releases his cargo -- a five-ton... more...
Lever of Empire
University of California Press 2006; US$ 60.00This book, the first full account of Japan?s financial history and the Japanese gold standard in the pivotal years before World War II, provides a new perspective on the global political dynamics of the era by placing Japan, rather than Europe, at the center of the story. Focusing on the fall of liberalism in Japan in late 1931 and the global politics... more...
Industrial Development in Postwar Japan
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 155.00Structured into sub-sector by sub-sector analyses, this book provides a clear and accessible examination of industrial development, without over-generalizing or being weighed down by historical details. Written by an authority in the area of development economics it explores the companies and the individuals that have pushed Japan's economy forwards.... more...
Technology and the Culture of Progress in Meiji Japan
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95In this book David Wittner situates Japan?s Meiji Era experience of technology transfer and industrial modernization within the realm of culture, politics, and symbolism, examining how nineteenth century beliefs in civilization and enlightenment influenced the process of technological choice. Through case studies of the iron and silk industries,... more...
Japan Since 1980
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 23.00This book provides a complete and self-contained discussion of Japan's economic and political institutions from 1980 up to 2007. more...
Zen
The Floating Press 1913; US$ 6.95The historical importance of Zen can hardly be exaggerated. After its introduction into China in the sixth century, A.D., it grew ascendant through the Sui (598-617) and the Tang dynasty (618-906), and enjoyed greater popularity than any other sect of Buddhism during the whole period of the Sung (976-1126) and the Southern Sung dynasty (1127-1367).... more...
Shutting Out the Sun
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.00The world?s second-wealthiest country, Japan once seemed poised to overtake America. But its failure to recover from the economic collapse of the early 1990s was unprecedented, and today it confronts an array of disturbing social trends. Japan has the highest suicide rate and lowest birthrate of all industrialized countries, and a rising incidence... more...









