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Now fully revised and updated, this widely-praised introductory text explores Japan through the prism of three alternative perspectives: mainstream, revisionist, and culturalist. Beginning with the noting of Japan as a "contested territory" the book focuses on debates about the real nature of Japan's successes and shortcomings.
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Duncan McCargo is Professor of Southeast Asian Politics, University of Leeds.
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"I wholeheartedly recommend this...convenient synthesis of recent scholarship on Japan." -- Luis G. Perez, Journal of Asian Studies
"It should become a standard student text and is a 'must' for the general reader." -- Times Higher Education Supplement
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- PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0333961919
- ISBN 13 9780333961919
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number2
- Number of pages244
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. HARDBACK. xii, 244 pages : map ; 23 cm. Summary:McCargo provides an introduction to contemporary Japan in its historical and geographical context. The book enables students to get to grips with a range of theories and perspectives about the nature of the political, economic and social system. Seller Inventory # dmc114
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