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Philippines and Japan in America's Shadow
Kiichi Fujiwara
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Description for Philippines and Japan in America's Shadow
Paperback. Editor(s): Fujiwara, Kiichi; Nagano, Yoshiko. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Japan and the Philippines both spent part of the twentieth century under American rule, and the experience left an indelible imprint on both societies. Conventional wisdom suggests that American rule in the Philippines, while clearly a form of colonialism, was mitigated by American reluctance to be a colonial power and by early steps to transfer government functions to Filipinos. Similarly, the American occupation of Japan is understood to represent a necessary transitional phase between autocracy and democracy. The authors in this volume examine the issue from a wide range of perspectives (political science, history, anthropology, sociology and literature), and ... Read more
Japan and the Philippines both spent part of the twentieth century under American rule, and the experience left an indelible imprint on both societies. Conventional wisdom suggests that American rule in the Philippines, while clearly a form of colonialism, was mitigated by American reluctance to be a colonial power and by early steps to transfer government functions to Filipinos. Similarly, the American occupation of Japan is understood to represent a necessary transitional phase between autocracy and democracy. The authors in this volume examine the issue from a wide range of perspectives (political science, history, anthropology, sociology and literature), and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
NUS Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971694692
SKU
V9789971694692
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Ref
99-15
About Kiichi Fujiwara
Kiichi Fujiwara is Professor of International Politics and Southeast Asian Studies in the Graduate Schools of Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo. Yoshiko Nagano is Professor of International Relations and Asian Studies in the Faculty of Human Sciences at Kanagawa University in Yokohama.
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