LIST OF NEW AND FORTHCOMING BOOKS ON JAPAN
September 2008
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1. Akita, George. Evaluating Evidence. A Positivist Approach to Reading Sources on Modern Japan. pp. 336. June 2008. £39.50
2. Ambros, Barbara. Emplacing a Pilgrimage. The Oyama Cult and Regional Religion in Early Modern Japan. pp. 325. With map and table & 23 illustrations. 2008. Narrative history of the mountain Oyama and its place in contemporary society and popular religion by focusing on the development of the Oyama Cult and its political and social economic contents. £25.95
3. Bestor, Theodore. & Victoria. Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society. pp. 624. Oct. 2008. An interdisciplinary resource on the social and cultural trends of contemporary Japan. £95.00
4. Bouvier, Nicholas. The Japanese Chronicles. Oct.2008. A journey through the landscape and psyche of Japan. £12.99
5. Breen, John. Yasukuni. The War Dead and the Struggle for Japan’s Past. pp. 320. Dec.2007. Presents views on the Shrine and its place in postwar Japanese diplomacy, ideology and history. £25.00
6. Chan, Jennifer. (eds.) Another Japan is Possible. New Social Movements and Global Citizenship Education. pp. 424. With 8 figures & 5 tables. March 2008. H/B £47.95, Paper £19.50
7. Chun, Clayton. Japan, 1945: From Operation Downfall to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Illustrations. by John White. Oct. 2008. Details the planned invasion of the Japanese home islands and its two-phased approach which would see the invasion of Kyushu followed by the invasion of the area around Tokyo. £14.99
8. Clark, Timothy. Kuniyoshi. pp. 280. With 200 illus. March 2009. Presents a selection of art works by Kuniyoshi, one of the greatest Japanese print artists (1798-1860) showing and describing portraits of Japanese warrior heroes, beauties, landscapes. £40.00
9. Croissant, Doris, Yeh, Catherine & Mostow, Joshua. Performing "Nation", Gender, Politics in Literature, Theatre and the Visual Arts of China and Japan, 1880-1940. pp. 375. With 108 (16 colour) illustrations. Oct.2008. £82.00
10. Daniell. Thomas. After the Crash. Architecture in the Post-Bubble Japan. pp. 292. With 100 illustrations. Oct. 2008. Essays on the built environment and architectural culture which emerged after the 1990s, illustrating the new relationship forged between architecture and society in Japan. £14.99
11. Davies, Peter. Introduced by Peter Mathias. The Business, Life and Letters of Frederick Cornes. Aspects of the Evolution of Commerce in Modern Japan, 1861-1912. pp. 480. With CD. Feb. 2008. £75.00
12. De Mente, Boye, Lafayette. Etiquette Guide to Japan. Dec. 2008. £10.99
13. Di Nitto, Rachel. Uchida Hyakken. A Critique of Modernity and Militarism in Prewar Japan. pp. 275. With 10 illustrations. Nov.2008. Deals with the writer Hyakken’s (1889-1971) fiction and essays, written during Japan’s pre-war years, to investigate the intersection of his literature with the material and discursive surroundings at the time of a consumer-orientated print culture. £25.95
14. Dobson, Hugh. & Kosuge, Nobuko. Japan and Britain at War and Peace. pp. 240. Nov. 2008. Examines the reconciliation Japan and the UK from the perspective of economic cooperation and conflict. £75.00
15. Earle, Joe. New Bamboo. Contemporary Japanese Masters. pp. 128. With 75 colour illustrations. Sept. 2008. Describes the technical skills of Japanese basketry. £16.00
16. Ferguson, Joseph. Japanese-Russian Relations, 1907-2007. pp. 288. July 2008. £80.00
17. Fischer, Felice. The Art of Japanese Craft. 1875 to the Present. pp. 60. With 140 (70 colour) illustrations. Nov. 2008. Exhibition Catalogue. £11.99
18. Foreman, Kelly. The Gei of Geisha: Music, Identity and Meaning. pp. 158. With 7 illustrations and 5 music examples. Feb.2008. £45.00
19. Fuller, Gregory. Going Global. Culture, Gender and Authority in the Japanese Subsidiary of an American Corporation. pp. 224. With 3 tables. Jan.2009. Explains how culture and gender become weapons in the evaluation of both Japanese and female employees at an American Co. in Japan. H/B £37.00, Paper £12.99
20. Golley, Gregory. When Our Eyes No Longer See. Realism, Science and Ecology in Japanese Modernism. pp. 400. 2008. Portrays Japanese literature during the 1920s & l930s.£25.95
21. Guichard-Anguis, Sylvie. & Moon, Okpyo. (eds.) Japanese Tourism and Travel Culture. pp. 192. Oct. 2008. £80.00
22. Hasui, Kawase (1883-1957) The Complete Woodblock Prints Illustrates Kawase’s Entire Work in Colour. pp.592. With essays by Ken Browne and Shoichiro Watanabe, edited by Amy Reigle. Nov. 2008. In Japanese and English. £299.00
23. Hood, Christopher. Politics of Modern Japan. pp. 1600, July 2008. Contains key articles on the relationship between Japanese politics and key institutions, includes big business, bureaucracy and the media. £595.00
24. Hotta, Eri. Pan-Asianism and Japan’s War.1931-1945. pp. 304. July 2008. Focuses on Pan-Asianism as a propeller behind Japan’s expansionist policies from the Manchurian incident until the end of the Pacific War. £45.00
25. Hyde, Sarah. The Transformation of the Japanese Left. From Old Socialists to New Democrats. pp. 240. Sept.2008. £75.00
26. Iles, Tim. The Crisis of Identity in Contemporary Japanese Film. Personal, Cultural, National. pp. 256. Oct. 2008. £82.00
27. Ingrams, Elizabeth. Japan Through Writers’ Eyes. Sept. 2008. £12.99
28. Japanese Woodblock Prints. pp. 256. With 135 colour plates. Nov.2008. Three volumes. £59.00
29. Kawana, Sari. Murder Most Modern. Detective Fiction and Japanese Culture. pp. 288. with 5 photos and 14 tables. April 2008. H/B £42.00, Paper £14.00
30. Keene, Donald. Chronicles of my Life. An American in the Heart of Japan. pp.208. 2008. £24.00
31. Keizer, Arjan. Changes in Japanese Employment Practices. Beyond the Japanese Model. pp. 224. Aug.2008. £75.00
32. Kim, Kyu Hyun. The Age of Visions and Arguments. Parlamentarianism and the National Public Sphere in Early Meiji Japan. pp. 520. With 6 figures, 13 tables and 2 maps. 2008. £31.95
33. Kimura, Hiroshi. A History of Japanese-Russian Border Negotiations.
pp. 320. With 3 maps and 20 illustrations. May 2008. £34.50
34. Kleinschmidt, Harold. (eds.) Warfare in Japan. pp. 470. Aug. 2007. Assembles key articles on military organizations, the social context of war, battle action and martial arts from the 4th to the 19th century. £115.00
35. Knapp, Bart, van der. The Economic Geography of Contemporary Japan.
pp. 272. With illustrations and maps. Textbook. 2008. H/B £85.00, Paper £22.99
36. Malony, Barbara & Uno, Kathleen. Gendering Modern Japanese History. pp. 632. 2008. With many contributors. Essays constructing a history informed by the idea that gender matters and examines how Japanese have (en)gendered their ideas, institutions and Society. £16.95
37. Matsuda, Ryusakee & Saski, Naoki. Japanese Floral Arts. pp. 144. With 150 colour plates. Nov. 2008. £45.00
38. Meech, Julia & Oliver, Jane. (eds.) Designed for Pleasure. The World of Edo. Japan in Prints and Paintings. 1680-1860. pp. 256.with 200 colour illustrations. April 2008. £23.00
39. Miyagi, Yukiko. Japan’s Middle East Security Policy. Theory and Cases. pp. 240. Oct.2008. Examines how policy is shaped by the need to both maintain Japan’s security, alliance with the US and its oil relationship with states in the Middle East. £75.00
40. Mochida, Nobuki. Fiscal Decentralization and Local Public Finance in Japan. pp. 224. July 2008. £65.00
41. Ooma, Herman. Imperial Politics and Symbolics in Ancient Japan. The Tenmu Dynasty. 650-800. pp. 396. With 13 (5 colour) illustrations. Oct. 2008. £32.95
42. Oros, Andrew. Normalizing Japan Politics, Identity and the Evolution of Security Practices. pp. 296. Illustrations. June 2008. £40.95
43. Paramore, Kiri. Ideology and Christianity in Japan. pp. 240. July 2008. £75.00
44. Pekkanen, Saadia, M. Japan’s Aggressive Legalism. Law and Foreign Trade Politics. Beyond the WTO. pp. 448. With 29 tables & 5 figures. April 2008. Describes how law has interacted with concrete interests to reshape Japan’s foreign trade politics at the start of the 21st century. H/B £57.95, Paper £19.95
45. Picken, Stuart. D.B. Historical Dictionary of Japanese Business. pp. 432. Feb.2007. £62.00
46. Porcu. Elisabeth. Pure Land Buddhism in Modern Japanese Culture. pp. 300. Aug.2008. £99.00
47. Ramirez-Christensen, Esperanza. Emptiness and Temporality. Buddhism and Medieval Japanese Poetry. pp. 224. May 2008. Account of classical Japanese poetics based on the two concepts of emptiness (Ku) and temporality (Mujo) that ground the medieval practice and understanding of poetry. £37.50
48. Rottman, Gordon. World War II. Japanese Tank Tactics. Illustrated by Peter Dennis. Oct.2008. £11.99
49. Russell, Catherine. The Cinema of Naruse Mikio. Women and Japanese Modernity. pp. 480. With 66 photos. 2008. H/B £63.00, Paper £15.99
50. Salter, Rebecca. Japanese Popular Prints From Votive Slips to Playing Cards. pp. 208. With 200 illustrations. 2008. £30.00
51. Schoppa, Leonard. Race for the Exits. The Unraveling of Japan’s System of Social Protection. pp. 272. With 21 charts/graphs and illustrations. April.2008. Deals with recent social trends and government policies and discusses the change in Japanese policies for business and policies to promote women in the workplace. £10.50
52. Shillony, Ben Ami. The Emperors of Modern Japan. pp. 250. Sept.2008. £82.00
53. Singh, Bhubhinder. Japan’s Security Identity. From a Peace-State to an International State. pp. 240. July 2008. Analyses how Japan reacted to the end of the Cold War, the result of the transformation in the post cold war security environment and how security has changed from its cold war design. £75.00
54. Stille, Mark. Imperial Japanese Navy Battleships. 1941 -45. With colour illustrations, by Tony Bryan. July 2008. Tells and shows the story of the battleships at war during the raid at Pearl Harbour and the battle of Midway. £9.99
55. Suter, Rebecca. The Japanization of Modernity. Murakami Haruki (Japanese writer) between Japan and the United States. pp. 250. 2008. Concentrates on the short stories of the writer and scrutinizes his fictional worlds. £25.95
56. Taplin, Ruth. Intellectual Property and the New Global Japanese Economy. pp. 192. Dec. 2008. £75.00
57. Tokita, Alison. The Ashgate Research Companion to Japanese Music.
pp. 472. June 2008. With 81 illustrations & 112 music examples. £65.00
58. Tsai, Hui-you, Caroline. Taiwan in Japan’s Empire Building. An Institutional Approach to Colonial Engineering. pp.338. Oct.2008. Examines the Japanese colonial administration in Taiwan, using primary and oral sources. £70.00
59. Tseng, Alice. The Imperial Museums of Meiji Japan. Architecture and Arts of the Nation. pp. 304. With 91 (39 colour) illustrations. June 2008. £31.00
60. Turnbull, Stephen. Samurai Armies.(1467-1649) With photos, maps and charts. Nov. 2008. Examines the nature of family and clan that governed much of the organization of the army. £16.99
61. Uedo, Atsuko. Concealment of Politics, Politics of Concealment. The Production of Literature in Meiji Japan. pp. 256. March 2008. £34.50
62. Van Assche, Anne. Fashioning Kimono. Dress and Modernity in Early 20th Century Japan. Photography by Stefano Ember. pp. 332. With 235 (190 colour) illustrations. 2007. £45.00
63. Van der Knap. The Economic Geography of Contemporary Japan. pp. 272. With map and illus. Sept.2008. Deals with culture, history, regional identity, investment in transport, rural transformation, postwar industrial growth and integration in the world economy. H/B £85.00, Paper £22.99
64. Vaporis, Constantine Nomicos. Tour of Duty. Samurai Military Service in Edo and the Culture of Early Modern Japan. pp. 344. With 30 illustrations. July 2008. £34.50
65. Warwicker, John. The Floating World: Ukiyo-e. pp.400. With illustrations throughout. 2008. £45.00
66. Wetmore, Kevin. Revenge Drama in European Renaissance and Japanese Theatre. From Hamlet to Madame Butterfly. pp. 300. June 2008. £42.50
67. Wicaksono, Agung. Energy Efficiency in Japan. pp.95. May 2008. £10.50
Addenda.
68. Breen, John. Yasukuni. The War Dead and the Struggle for Japan‘s Past. pp. 320. April 2008. Examines the history and political significance of the Yasukuni shrine. £25.00
69. Di Nitto, Rachel. Uchida Hyakken (1889-1971). A Critique of Modernity
and Militarism in Prewar Japan. pp. 275. With 10 illustrations. Nov. 2008. £25.95
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