Critical Readings on the Emperors of Japan (4 Vols. SET)

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Reference Work

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Vol. 1: xii, 372 pp., Vol. 2: xii, 342 pp., Vol. 3: xii, 332 pp., Vol. 4: xii, 416 pp.

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BRILL

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English

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Biographical note

Ben-Ami Shillony, Ph.D. (1971), Princeton University, is Professor Emeritus of Japanese Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure and of the Japan Foundation Award. In 2012, he became a member of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and he has been elected Honorary President of the Israeli Association for Japanese Studies. His books include Enigma of the Emperors (Global Oriental, 2005) and The Emperors of Modern Japan (Brill, 2008).

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All those interested in Japanese and East Asian history and culture, and anyone concerned with comparative political institutions.

€390.00$534.00

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9789004222311

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Critical Readings in the Intellectual History of Early Modern Japan (2 Vols. SET)

W.J. Boot, Leiden University

This volume of Critical Readings provides an overview of recent scholarship about Japanese thought, as it took shape during the Edo Period (1600-1867). It contains articles about all participants in the intellectual debate: Buddhism, Confucianism, National Studies, and Dutch Learning.

€585.00$800.00

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9789004232587

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Critical Readings on Ageing in East Asia (3 Vols. SET)

Sarah Harper (University of Oxford)

The three volumes of this collection concentrate on ageing in East Asia. The publication features recently published essays from various disciplinary and methodological approaches. Per region attention is given to health care; ageing and society; and ageing and economy.

€780.00$1,068.00

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9789004235090

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Critical Readings on Chinese Religions (4 Vols. SET)

Vincent Goossaert, Societies-Religions-Secularisms Institute (GSRL, Paris)

The anthologized articles showcase how scholars from different disciplinary and theoretical backgrounds make sense of the variety of religious practices and beliefs to analyze the place of religion in Chinese societies.

€780.00$1,068.00

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ISBN13:

9789004208797

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Critical Readings on Contemporary Japanese Politics (4 Vols. SET)

Jeff Kingston, Temple University (Japan Campus)

Critical Readings on Contemporary Japanese Politics is an interdisciplinary collection that examines various aspects of 21st century Japan ranging from elections, policymaking and foreign policy to history, nationalism, identity, civil society and the March 11, 2011 disasters.

€585.00$800.00

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ISBN13:

9789004235199

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Critical Readings on Ethnic Minorities and Multiculturalism in Japan

€585.00$800.00

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ISBN13:

9789004208605

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Critical Readings on Food in East Asia (3 Vols. SET)

Edited by Katarzyna J. Cwiertka, Leiden University

The culinary cultures of contemporary East Asia (Greater China, Korea and Japan) are a mixture of long-standing traditions and the turbulent transformations of the last century. This selection brings together high-quality scholarship that illuminates key issues in this process.

€780.00$1,068.00

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ISBN13:

9789004229709

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Critical Readings on Japanese Confucianism (4 Vols. SET)

Edited by John A Tucker, East Carolina University

Critical Readings on Japanese Confucianism advances more in-depth understandings of the multifaceted nature of Confucianism in Japan by bringing together important studies from the humanities and works in translation, offering a vision of Confucianism as a dynamic cultural force.

€585.00$800.00

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ISBN13:

9789004208759

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Critical Readings on North and South Korea (3 Vols. SET)

Edited by Jim Hoare

This publication features a wide range of articles concentrating on the Korean peninsula since 1945. The articles are brought together in 3 volumes, which are organized chronologically and thematically. Among the themes discussed are: period from Pacific War until start of Korean war; the Korean ...

€780.00$1,068.00

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9789004229662

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Critical Readings on the Colonial Period of Korea 1910-1945 (4 Vols. SET)

Edited by Hyung-Gu Lynn, University of British Columbia

There has been a rapid accumulation of new scholarship on colonial Korea in particular and comparative colonialism in general within the last ten years. This volume gathers these articles from a variety of venues to allow researchers, students, and readers to access the most important ...

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9789004212299

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Critical Readings on the History of Industrialization in Modern Japan (3 Vols. SET)

Edited by Christopher Gerteis, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

The three volumes of this collection feature essays spanning the past forty years of scholarly discussion of how it was that Japan reached its present status as one of the world’s great industrialized nations.