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001 2009374
005 20190325223932.0
008 930210s1993 nyub 001 0 eng
010 $a 93016489
020 $a1568360010 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm27684034
035 $9AMN7340CU
035 $a(NNC)2009374
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dNNC$dOrLoB-B
043 $aa-ja---
050 00 $aDS821$b.S24213 1993
082 00 $a952$220
100 1 $aSakaiya, Taichi,$d1935-2019.
240 10 $aNihon to wa nani ka.$lEnglish
245 10 $aWhat is Japan? :$bcontradictions and transformations /$cTaichi Sakaiya ; translated by Steven Karpa.
260 $aNew York :$bKodansha International,$c1993.
300 $axxii, 312 p. :$bmap ;$c22 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 00 $g1.$tJapan in the Nineties.$tAlmost Paradise.$tThe Rich Country That Doesn't Feel Rich.$tThe Reality of Paradise Japan: The Industrial Monoculture --$g2.$tPeace, Cooperation, and the Environment.$tJapanese Culture Began in the Rice Field.$tBuffered by a Protecting Ocean, Just Wide Enough.$tA Peaceful Society That Trusts Its Superiors --$g3.$tRaised to Be Good Learners.$tShinto and Buddhism: Two Religions at Once.$tNo Sense of an Absolute Good.$tThe Pros and Cons of Selective Adoption.$tStruggle Between Modern Civilization and Japanese Tradition --$g4.$tShadow Governments and a Culture of Simplicity.$tJapanese Communal Groups.$tCities Without Walls.$tSystems That Separate Appearance and Reality.$tA Culture of Simplicity That Eschews the "Unnatural" --$g5.$tResources and Population Affect Civilization.$tSocieties of Shortage and Abundance.$tFormative Factors of Japanese Civilization.$tJapanese Culture of Diligence and Software --$g6.$tThe Limits of Prosperity in the Ultimate Industrial Society.
505 80 $tThe Road to the Ultimate Industrial Society.$tThe Early Days of Administrative Guidance.$tThe Limits of the Ultimate Industrial Society: The Coming Japanese Transformation.$tEpilogue to the English Language Edition: Getting Along With Japan, Or, a Way Into the Japanese Market.
651 0 $aJapan$xCivilization.
852 00 $boff,eal$hDS821$i.S24213 1993