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The Lebanese Diaspora
NYU Press 2011; US$ 75.00The Lebanese are the largest group of Middle Eastern immigrants in the United States, and Lebanese immigrants are also prominent across Europe and the Americas. Based on over eighty interviews with first-generation Lebanese immigrants in the global cities of New York, Montreal and Paris, this book shows that the Lebanese diasporaolike all diasporasoconstructs... more...
Japan's International Agenda
NYU Press 1994; US$ 75.00What is Japan's political role in the world? Over the past decade, Japan has been increasingly pressured to assume more financial and political burdens globally. Its foreign policy has thus evolved in a piecemeal manner, around the question of managing foreign pressures. To date, policy has been largely developed by bureaucrats, who are traditionally... more...
Under Foreign Eyes
John Hunt Publishing 2012; US$ 9.99This book is about the perception of Japan in the sixty films set there by gaijin (foreigners) ?outsiders who almost always do not speak or read Japanese. My area of attention is directed to films depicting post World War II Japan and the Japanese, and, in many cases, films showing how foreigners in the same time frame respond to Japan.... more...
Japan Emerging
Westview Press 2012; US$ 49.00A comprehensive survey of premodern Japanese history, with original essays by leading authorities on major themes and issues from prehistory to the nineteenth century more...
The Japanese Trajectory
Cambridge University Press 1988; US$ 37.00This volume investigates the real impact of modernisation upon the Japanese themselves. more...
Modern Japan
Westview Press 2012; US$ 50.00A thoughtful and richly detailed survey of modern Japanese history from the Tokugawa period to the present. more...
Enjoy Japan
Tuttle Publishing 1989; US$ 9.99For several years Walt Sheldon has been helping visitors and foreign residents to understand and appreciate things Japanese through the medium of his popular weekly radio program "Enjoy Japan" over the U.S. Forces' Far East Network. Now, in his latest book, Mr. Sheldon presents his own "personal and highly unofficial guide" to Japan, its people,... more...
The Japanese Are Like That
Tuttle Publishing 1989; US$ 9.95Here is a different book about the Japanese. A far cry from the purple prose of the starry?eyed Western visitor or the sterile style of the government gazette, The Japanese Are Like That is a down·to·earth scrutiny of the so· called "inscrutable" Japanese. Armed with a cool head, the gift of clear expression, and an objectivity born of years of foreign... more...
Sources of Japanese Tradition
Columbia University Press 2010; US$ 36.99A perennial best-seller, Sources of Japanese Tradition has long been a staple in classrooms and libraries, a handy and comprehensive reference for scholars and students, and an engaging introduction for general readers. Now in its long-awaited second edition, this classic volume remains unrivaled for its wide selection of source readings on history,... more...
Getting Around Tokyo Pocket Atlas and Transportation Guide
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 16.95Tokyo and Yokohama are incredibly difficult cities to navigate due to the lack of street names, main thoroughfares and addresses that don't correspond to anything! Tokyo Pocket Atlas and Transportation Guide is a unique guide that provides precise directions to over 600 individual destinations in the most popular business, entertainment, hotel and... more...









