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9780765607683

The Emptiness of Japanese Affluence

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  • ISBN13:

    9780765607683

  • ISBN10:

    0765607689

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2001-05-31
  • Publisher: Routledge

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A new updated edition of the headline-making work that was acclaimed for its perceptive insights on the self-destructing aspects of the Japanese economic system when originally published.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Revised Edition vii
Introduction to the Revised Edition xi
Photographs, Figures, Tables xxxiii
Note on Japanese Names xxxv
Yen-Dollar Exchange Rate xxxvii
Foreword xxxix
Acknowledgments xlv
Introduction Tilting Toward the Millennium: Kobe and Beyond 3(22)
Part One: Political Economy
The Construction State: The Pathology of the
25(53)
Doken Kokka
The Leisure State: Work, Rest, and Consumption
78(35)
The Farm State: GATTing Japan
113(40)
Part Two: Identity
The Regional State: Asia and the Dilemmas of National Identity
153(32)
The Peace State: Dilemmas of Power
185(40)
Part Three: Memory
Remembering and Forgetting: The War, 1945--95
225(62)
Concluding Remarks Japan at Century's End 287(12)
Index 299

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