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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
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杉本, 良夫, 1939. 杉本, 良夫, ; Yoshio Sugimoto |
ISBN: | 0521416922 9780521416924 0521427045 9780521427043 |
OCLC Number: | 35008178 |
Description: | x, 285 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. |
Contents: | The Japan phenomenon and the social sciences -- Class and stratification -- Geographical and generational variations -- Varieties in work and labor -- Diversity and unity in education -- Gender stratification and the family system -- Minority groups -- Collusion and competition in the establishment -- Popular culture and everyday life -- Friendly authoritarianism. |
Series Title: | Contemporary Japanese society. |
Responsibility: | Yoshio Sugimoto. |
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"Sugimoto's book would be a fine supplementary text for any undergrdaute or graduate course on Japan." William Nester, Asian Thought and Society ."..this important introductory volume successfully portrays the variety, disparity, and complexity of Japanes society and culture. In addition, it provides useful sections on the ways different groups in Japan are controlled through coercive and ideological means. Well written and orderly in its presentation, this introductory text is absed on a wide-ranging reading of research and scholarship on contemporary Japan.... In sum, I highly recommend this introductory textbook on Japan for the complex picture it depicts, for its secure foundation in contemporary scholarship, and for its clear and accessible style." Eyal Ben-Ari, Jrnl of Japanese Studies Read more...


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