An Introduction to Japanese Society, Second Edition - Softcover

Sugimoto, Yoshio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521529255 ISBN 13: 9780521529259

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This revised edition has been updated to cover developments in the five years since the first edition was published. Yoshio Sugimoto challenges the traditional notion that Japan is an homogeneous society with few cultural and social disparities.

About this title

Book Description:

Yoshio Sugimoto has updated and revised An Introduction to Japanese Society to take developments of the last five years into account. Throughout the author challenges the traditional notion that Japan is an homogeneous society with few cultural and social disparities. Review of the first edition: 'Accolades to Yoshio Sugimoto for his latest contribution to contemporary literature on Japan...which is wide-ranging, thought-provoking and comprehensive. Although it is written as a students' text, it will be valuable to both students and teachers.' Asian Studies Review

About the Author:

Yoshio Sugimoto is Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne. His publications include Japanese Encounters with Postmodernity (co-edited with Johann Arnason, 1995).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521529255
• ISBN 13: 9780521529259
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 330