JAPAN: A REINTERPRETATION - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed, Dated (In The Year of Publication), And Placed by Patrick Smith - ONLY SIGNED COPY ONLINE

Smith, Patrick

ISBN 10: 0679422315 / ISBN 13: 9780679422310

Edité par New York City, NY: Pantheon Books, 1997, 1997

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1st Printing. Signed. 385 pages. Published in 1997. Book-length account on subject. One of the best books on Japan ever published in the West. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Presents Patrick Smith's "Japan: A Reinterpretation". His provocative account, the most interesting and the best from the West since Roland Barthes' "Empire of Signs" (1982). "The Japanese are in the process of re-creating themselves, an endeavor they have undertaken at various intervals throughout their history, always prompted by a combination of domestic and global forces. In this landmark book, Patrick Smith asserts that a variety of forces - the achievement of material affluence, the Cold War's end, and the death of Emperor Hirohito - are now spurring Japan once again toward a fundamental re-definition of itself. This requires of the West an equally thorough re-evaluation of the picture we have held of Japan over the past half-century. Reveals how economic over-development conceals profound political, social, and psychological under-development. And by refocusing on 'internal history' and the Japanese character, Smith offers a new framework for understanding Japan and the Japanese as they really are. The Japanese, he says, are now seeking to alter the very thing we believe distinguishes them: The relationship between the individual and society. Illuminates a new Japan, a nation preparing to drop the mask it holds up to the West and to steer a course of its own in the world" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Patrick Smith and Japan collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed, dated (in the year of publication), and placed in black fountain pen on the title page by the author: "Patrick Smith Nov 6, '97 SF". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. Patrick Smith's handwriting is elegant and beautiful, a rarity nowadays among writers. This title is a contemporary classic. This is the only such signed, publication-year dated, and placed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. One of the most brilliant writers of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 0679422315.

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• Titre: JAPAN: A REINTERPRETATION - Rare Fine Copy of The First Hardcover Edition/First Printing: Signed, Dated (In The Year of Publication), And Placed by Patrick Smith - ONLY SIGNED COPY ONLINE
• Éditeur: New York City, NY: Pantheon Books, 1997
• Date de parution: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0679422315
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780679422310
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

A landmark study of Japan in the modern world explores the history of the country over the past fifty years, exploring changes in its cultural, social, economic, and political institutions and assessing its role in contemporary world affairs. 35,000 first printing. Tour.

Présentation de l'éditeur

“...a new, startlingly clear-sighted vision of the often misunderstood Japanese.” ' Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“...An astute, accessible, and absorbingly original appreciation of a nation whose true colors have been exaggerated or misrepresented...”' Kirkus Reviews (featured review)

“...an excellent primer on post-cold war Japan.”' Time

“...Smith has a discerning eye for the conflicted nature of ordinary Japanese.”' Business Week

Patrick Smith has produced a landmark book timely, authoritative and completely engrossing that shows how Japan is engaged in a fundamental and far-reaching redefinition of itself. At the same time, Smith says, Westerners must also take a hard look at long-held myths and assumptions about Japan's historical, political, social and psychological development.

In the tradition of Hedrick Smith's The Russians, Japan: A Reinterpretation is destined to become a classic work on a powerful, yet still enigmatic country and its people.