![]() Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116–1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of Americaġ GEOGRAPHY, 1 The Physical and Human Geographies of Japan, 1 The Space Problem, 10 The Hazards of Being Japanese, 13Ģ HISTORY, 19 Key Events in Japanese History, 19 Introduction: Japan, East Asia, and the World, 21 Japan’s Prehistory and Early Mainland Asia Influences, 22 Classical Japan, 28 Medieval Japan, 34 Tokugawa Japan: An Era of Peace, 40 Japan and the World: 1853–1945, 46 Japan’s Path to Prosperity: 1945 to the Present, 58ģ GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS, 65 Introduction: The Roots of Japan’s Contemporary Government and Politics, 65 Government and Politics in the Tokugawa Period: 1600–1868, 66 Japan’s Imperial Period: 1868–1945, 67 Postwar Government and Politics: The Creation of Japanese Democracy and Its Structure, 74 The Real World of Japanese Politics: 1945–1985, 77 The Real World of Japanese Politics: 1985 to the Present, 86 Conclusion: Political Challenges and Evolving Government Structures, 98Ĥ ECONOMY, 105 Economic Systems: The Roots of Success (1600–1868), 105 Industrialization and State-Guided Capitalism: 1868–1945, 108 Japan Becomes a World Economic Power: 1945–1973, 111 Response to Globalization: 1973 to the Present, 115 Natural Resources Overview, 120 Business and Industry: Manufacturing, 134 The Two-Tiered Economy, 136 Trade, 143 Conclusion: Japan’s Economic Future, 145ĥ SOCIETY, 149 Religion and Thought, 149 Introduction, 149 Shinto: ‘‘The Way of the Kami,’’ 151 Buddhism, 155 Confucianism: The Branches and Leaves of Japanese Civilization?, 161 Christianity and the ‘‘New’’ Japanese Religions, 165 Philosophy: Japan, Asia, and the West, 168 Are the Japanese Religious?, 170 Social Classes and Ethnicity, 172 Introduction: Social Classes and Ethnicity in a Non-Western Society, 172 The Group and the Vertical Society, 173 Group Socialization: The School, 175 Workplace Groups, 177 Social Class and Mobility, 179Ĭontents | vii Pressures to Conform, 180 Ethnic and Minority Groups, 182 Women and Marriage, 190 Introduction, 190 Women in Classical, Early Modern, and Imperial Japan, 190 Women in Postwar Japan, 195 21st-Century Changes and Challenges for Women, 198 Conclusion: Women and Social Issues, 204 Japan’s Educational System, 205 Introduction, 205 Historical and Cultural Foundations of Learning, 206 The Structure of Japanese Education, 209 Administrators and Teachers, 212 Entrance Examinations, 213 Student Life and Behavior Patterns, 215 Higher Education, 216 Educational Reform, 217Ħ CULTURE, 221 The Japanese Language, 221 Introduction, 221 Written Japanese, 223 Spoken Japanese, 228 Loanwords, 229 Language and Japanese Culture, 231 Learning Japanese Language, 234 Etiquette in Japan, 235 Introduction, 235 Cultural Beliefs and Etiquette, 236 Survival Etiquette, 237 Conclusion: Japanese Tolerance and a Changing Japan, 246 Japanese Literature, 247 Introduction: Understanding People and Culture, 247 Japan’s Literary Tradition: Pre-20th-Century Authors, 248 Giants of 20th-Century Japanese Literature, 253 Conclusion: Japanese Literature and the 21st Century, 261 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. (Asia in focus) Includes bibliographical references and index. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ellington, Lucien. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Oxford, EnglandĬopyright 2009 by ABC-CLIO, LLC All rights reserved. Titles in ABC-CLIO’s Asia in Focus Series China Robert Andre LaFleur, Editor Japan Lucien Ellington The Koreas Mary E. ![]()
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