The Japanese Village Ils 56
The Japanese Village Ils 56

Author: J.F. Embree

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1136234616

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This is Volume V of six in a collection on the Sociology of East Asia. Initially published in 1946, Dr. Embree's book is a description, based on direct observation, of the life of a Japanese village community. Its chief purpose is to provide material for that comparative study' of the forms of: human society that is known as social anthropology; but it should have an appeal to a wider audience of general readers as giving additional insight from a new 'angle into Japanese civilization.

Japan's Emergence as a Modern State - 60th anniv. ed.
Japan's Emergence as a Modern State - 60th anniv. ed.

Author: Herbert E. Norman

Publisher: UBC Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780774841870

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Originally published in 1940 by the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR), this classic work by a leading 20th-century Japanologist has an enduring value. Japan's Emergence as a Modern State examines the problems and accomplishments of the Meiji period (1868-1912). This edition includes forewords by: R. Gordon Robertson, a former member of the Canadian Department of External Affairs; Len Edwards, the present Canadian ambassador to Japan; and William L. Holland, former secretary-general of the IPR; as well as a preface and introduction by Lawrence Woods. Also included are 10 short essays by leading Canadian, Japanese, and American scholars of Japanese politics, history, and economics,