Japan at the Millennium
Joining Past and Future
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2007
- Category
- Japan, Human Geography, Regional Studies
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774850520
- Publish Date
- Oct 2007
- List Price
- $34.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774808996
- Publish Date
- Jan 2004
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774808989
- Publish Date
- May 2003
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
This critical, multi-disciplinary collection explores the convergence of past and future in contemporary Japan. Contributors comment on a wide range of economic, socio-cultural, and political trends – such as the mobilization of Japanese labour, the burgeoning Ainu identity movement, and the shifting place of the modern woman – and conclude that despite the rapid changes, many of the traditional facets of Japanese society have remained intact. Institutional change, they assert, is unlikely to occur quickly, and Japan must find alternate ways to adjust to 21st century pressures of global competition and interdependence. A pleasure to read, this broad volume will be welcomed by upper level undergraduates, graduates, and specialists in Japanese studies.
About the author
David W. Edgington is a former director of the Centre for Japanese Research and a professor of geography at the University of British Columbia