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008			141006s2015 nyu ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780199865871 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aDS836 _b.J373 2015
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aMurphy, R. Taggart. _e1
245	1	0	_aJapan and the shackles of the past /R. Taggart Murphy.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2015.
300			_a1 online resource.
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aWhat Everyone Needs to Know
520	2		_a"A penetrating overview of Japan, from a historical, social, political, economic, and cultural perspective"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520	2		_a"Japan is one of the world's wealthiest and most technologically advanced nations, and its rapid ascent to global power status after 1853 remains one of the most remarkable stories in modern world history. Yet it has not been an easy path; military catastrophe, political atrophy, and economic dysfunction have made regular appearances from the feudal era to the present. A quarter-century ago, Tokyo's stock exchange was even bigger than New York's, and the Japanese industrial juggernaut was thought to be unsurpassable. Now, Japan is seen as a has-been with a sluggish economy, an aging population, dysfunctional politics, and a business landscape dominated by yesterday's champions. Though it is supposed to be America's strongest ally in the Asia-Pacific region, it has almost entirely disappeared from the American radar screen. In Japan and the Shackles of the Past, R. Taggart Murphy places the current troubles of Japan in a sweeping historical context, moving deftly from early feudal times to the Tokagawa era and finally to the modern age that began with the Meiji Restoration. Combining fascinating analyses of Japanese culture and society over the centuries with hard-headed accounts of Japan's numerous political regimes, Murphy not only reshapes our understanding of Japanese history, but of Japan's place in the contemporary world. He concedes that Japan has indeed been out of sight and out of mind in recent decades, but he contends that this is already changing. Political and economic developments in Japan today risk upheaval in the pivotal arena of Northeast Asia; Murphy argues that parallels with Europe on the eve of the First World War are not misplaced. America's half-completed effort to remake Japan in the late 1940s is unraveling, and the American foreign policy and defense establishment is directly culpable for what has happened. The one apparent exception to Japan's malaise is the vitality of its pop culture, but it's actually no exception at all; rather, it provides critical clues to what is going on now. Murphy shares insights into everything from Japan's politics and economics to the texture of daily life, gender relations, the changing business landscape, and both popular and high culture. He places particular emphasis on the story of the fraught, quasi-pathological relationship between the United States and Japan, arguing that it is central to understanding Japan today--and to the prospects for continued American global hegemony"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_aIntroduction: Does Japan Still Matter? -- _tPart One. Past -- _tJapan Before the Edo Period -- _tThe Incubation of the Modern Japanese State -- _tRestoration to Occupation -- _tAppendix: The Meiji Leaders -- _tThe Miracle -- _tThe Institutions of High-speed Growth -- _tConsequences (Intended and Otherwise) -- _tPart Two. Present -- _tEconomy and Finance -- _tBusiness -- _tSocial and Cultural Change -- _tPolitics -- _tAppendix: Important Political Figures of Postwar Japan -- _tJapan and the World.
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650		0	_aSocial change _zJapan _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=861353&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell