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Japan the Burden of Success
Jean-Marie Bouissou
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Description for Japan the Burden of Success
Paperback. This text encompasses aspects of the transformation that raised Japan from the ashes of defeat to "an economic model". It relates economic growth to social change and politics, and shows how these upheavals reverberated upon the Japanese value system, collective mind, way of living and culture. Translator(s): Derrick, Jonathan. Num Pages: 394 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 484.
On publication in France, Bouissou's depiction of modern Japan was acclaimed as `the best of its kind', and this translation has been updated to cover events up till 1999, and augmented by an overview of the Japanese historical legacy before 1945. In the tradition of French scholarship, which rejects a too narrow focus, this textbook encompasses all the aspects of the transformation that raised Japan from the ashes of defeat to the status of `an economic model'. Bouissou closely relates economic growth to social change and politics - of which he gives a particulary detailed account. He shows ... Read more
On publication in France, Bouissou's depiction of modern Japan was acclaimed as `the best of its kind', and this translation has been updated to cover events up till 1999, and augmented by an overview of the Japanese historical legacy before 1945. In the tradition of French scholarship, which rejects a too narrow focus, this textbook encompasses all the aspects of the transformation that raised Japan from the ashes of defeat to the status of `an economic model'. Bouissou closely relates economic growth to social change and politics - of which he gives a particulary detailed account. He shows ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850655695
SKU
V9781850655695
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Ref
99-10
About Jean-Marie Bouissou
Jean Marie-Bouissou, a long time resident of Japan, is now a researcher at C.E.R.I. in Paris.
Reviews for Japan the Burden of Success
`Bouissou's book [...] is well informed and his judgments show good sense. His coverage is impressively broad.' (Richard Sims, SOAS)