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Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: From the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century
Palgrave Macmillan 1997; US$ 168.00During the premodern period, Japan had significant political, economic and cultural relations with Korea. This book purports that this period, from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, was the formative stage of the East Asian diplomacy and ideology which laid the foundations for foreign relations between these two countries in the modern period.... more...
The Kurillian Knot
Stanford University Press 2008; US$ 39.95This is the definitive book on Russo-Japanese relations by the leading authority on the topic. more...
Kyoto: City of Zen
Tuttle Publishing 2013; US$ 22.95An elaborate kaleidoscope of craft, artistry and religion, Kyoto is one of the world?s most popular travel destinations. Art and design form the weft and warp of this vibrant 1,200-year-old city, home to hundreds of gardens, palaces, villas and magnificent wooden temples, including seventeen UNESCO World Heritage sites. Like a Zen koan, Kyoto defies... more...
Opening the Doors
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 171.00Using qualitative research methods and evidence gathered from interviews, this work explores and highlights contradictions between Japanese immigration and immigrant policies as they relate to ethnic Japanese "returnees." more...
Lebanon
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95Lebanon examines the ideological, political and social underpinnings of the attempted coup against General Chihab's government in Lebanon in 1961. The author analyzes the role of the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party, the history of the army in Lebanon and it role in Lebanese politics and the impact of the coup on Lebanese political life. This book... more...
Japan's Economic Power and Security
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 195.00Is Japan re-emerging as a normal, or even a great, military power in regional and global security affairs? This Adelphi Paper assesses the overall trajectory of Japan?s security policy over the last decade, and the impact of a changing Japanese military posture on the stability of East Asia. The paper examines Japan?s evolving security debate, set... more...
Marxist History and Postwar Japanese Nationalism
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 178.00This book explores the historical writings of postwar Japanese Marxists - who were, and who continue to be, surprisingly numerous in the Japanese academic world. It shows how they developed in their historical writing ideas of 'radical nationalism', which accepted presupposed ideas of Japan's 'ethnic homogeneity', but which they saw as a 'revolutionary... more...
Japan and Okinawa
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 195.00Japan and Okinawa provides an up-to-date, coherent and theoretically informed examination of Okinawa from the perspective of political economy and society. It combines a focus on structure and subjectivity as a way to analyze Okinawa, Okinawans and their relationship with global, regional and national structures. The book draws on a range of disciplines... more...
Interpreting Japanese Society
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 69.95First published in 1986, Interpreting Japanese Society became something of a classic in the field. In this newly revised and updated edition, the value of anthropological approaches to help understand an ancient and complex nation is clearly demonstrated. While living and working in Japan the contributors have studied important areas of society.... more...
Japan's Minorities
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 59.95Provides clear historical introductions to the six principal ethnic minority groups in Japan, including the Ainu, Chinese, Koreans and Okinawans, and discusses their place in contemporary Japanese society. more...









