Molding Japanese Minds: The State in Everyday Life - Couverture rigide

Garon, Sheldon

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0691044880 ISBN 13 : 9780691044880

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1997

Synopsis

What actually unites the Japanese to achieve so many social and economic goals that have eluded other polities? This book helps readers to understand the Japanese mobilizing spirit as it taps into the intimate relationships everyday Japanese have with their government. To an extent inconceivable to most Westerners, state directives trickle into homes, religious groups and even into individuals' sex lives, where they are frequently welcomed by the Japanese and reinforced by their neighbours. In a series of five case studies, this book demonstrates how average citizens have co-operated with government officials in the areas of welfare, prostitution and household savings, and in controlling religious "cults" and promoting the political participation of women.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sheldon Garon is Professor of History and East Asian Studies at Princeton University. He is the author of The State and Labor in Modern Japan, which was awarded the 1988 John K. Fairbank Prize by the American Historical Association.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691044880
• ISBN 13: 9780691044880
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 325
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Princeton University Press; https://press.princeton.edu/books; ; 7th Floor, New South Building; PRINCETON; NJ; 8544; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible