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Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern Japan - Softcover

Kerr, Alex

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9780141010007: Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern Japan
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0141010002 ISBN 13: 9780141010007
Publisher: Penguin, 2002

Synopsis

The decades of Western adulation for the Japanese 'economic miracle' failed to notice a key point: that in the pursuit of this miracle the Japanese had turned their country into a degraded, concrete shambles - a wilderness of bad planning, corruption and crowding. Now that the miracle is at an end and Japan seems set to remain in the economic doldrums it must become apparent to everyone that one of the world's greatest cultures has ruined itself almost beyond repair. Alex Kerr's wonderful book conveys vividly and furiously both the dazzling nature of Japanese culture and how the bureaucrats of a country he loves have poisoned and ruined it.

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About the Author

Alex Kerr is an American writer, antiques collector and Japanologist. Lost Japan is his most famous work. He was the first foreigner to be awarded the Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in Japan.

Review

"Keen insight into the unique causes and disastrous results of the once heralded 'Japan Model' of development . . . a must read." --Michael Judge, "The Wall Street Journal" "Should be required reading for anyone who writes about or studies the Japanese economy . . . " --Eric Johnston, "The Japan Times"

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Publisher
Penguin
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0141010002
ISBN 13 
9780141010007
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
448
Rating
  • 3.77 out of 5 stars
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