Postwar Japan as History

by Andrew Gordon

Book Overview

Japan's catapult to world economic power has inspired many studies by social scientists, but few have looked at the 45 years of postwar Japan through the lens of history. The contributors to this book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520074750
• ISBN13: 9780520074750
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 563 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A good overview of Postwar Japan upto 80s

I read this book in a graduate class. So I didn't touch all bits of it. But judging from what I read, this book worths your time, I think.1. Writers are well-known figures in their own field. So, unlike other edited materials, the quality of each article is superb.2. As the title implies, this book was intended to provide the viewpoint to overview postwar Japan as an entity, upto 80s.3. The subjects, covered in this fat book (500 pages), vary from economy, mass culture, urban lifestyle to political practice. If you expect some in-depth specilized material, this is not your choice. But if you want to get some starting point, this is yours.