Japan since 1945 :  from postwar to post-bubble 

 - London ;  New York :  Bloomsbury,  2013. 
 - xv, 318 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Revisiting the history of postwar Japan / Christopher Certeis and Timothy S. George -- The art of bourgeois culture in Kamakura / Laura Hein -- Furusato-zukuri : saving home towns by reinventing them / Timothy S. George -- Searching for Furusato in Kaminoseki / Martin Dusinberre -- Dreaming Ry�uky�u : shifting and contesting identities in Okinawa / David Tobaru Obermiller -- Beyond the black market : neighborhood associations and food rationing in postwar Japan / Katarzyna Cwiertka -- Political representation for nurses in postwar Japan / Sally A. Hastings -- Japan's other forgotten soldiers / Tetsuya Fujiwara -- The postindustrialization of the developmental state / Lonny E. Carlile -- Reassessing Japan's "big bang" : twenty years of financial regulatory reform / Bruce E. Aronson -- Endless modernization : fisheries policy and development in postwar Japan / Satsuki Takahashi -- Jet-age nationhood : Pan American World Airways in postwar Japan / Christine Yano -- Marketing history as social responsibility / Christopher Gerteis -- Memorializing the spirit of wit and grit in postindustrial Japan / Hiraku Shimoda -- Bookending postwar Japan : seeing a whole greater than the sum of its parts / Stephen Vlastos. 
<br/><br/> Does Japan really matter anymore? The challenges of recent Japanese history have led some pundits and scholars to publicly wonder whether Japan's significance is starting to wane. The multidisciplinary essays that comprise Japan Since 1945 demonstrate its ongoing importance and relevance. Examining the historical context to the social, cultural, and political underpinnings of Japan's postwar development, the contributors re-engage earlier discourses and introduce new veins of research. Japan Since 1945 provides a much needed update to existing scholarly work on the history of contemporary Japan. It moves beyond the 'lost decade' and 'terrible devastation' frameworks that have thus far defined too much of the discussion, offering a more nuanced picture of the nation's postwar development.  Japan.  Business.  Culture.  History. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781441101181 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014469536 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016152689  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>Since 1945 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization.<br/>Economic history.<br/>Politics and government.<br/>Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--Social conditions--1945-<br/>Japan--Civilization--1945-<br/>Japan--Politics and government--1945-<br/>Japan--Economic conditions--1945-<br/>Japan.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>952.04