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Japan, like the rest of the world, has undergone enormous changes in the last few years. The impact of the end of the Cold War has combined with a worldwide recession to create a fluid situation in which long-held assumptions about politics and policies no longer hold. A classic, short history of Japan, this book has been brought up-to-date by Marius Jansen, now our most distinguished interpreter of Japanese history. Jansen gives a lucid account and analysis of the events that have rocked Japan since 1990, taking the story through the election of Murayama as prime minister. About the previous edition: With the two-thousand-year history of the Japanese experience as his foundation, Edwin O. R...
SCOTT (copy 1): from the John Holmes Library collection.
Contains papers covering an extensive period of Reischauer's life, including his tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1961-1966), and his teaching career at Harvard (1950-1961 and 1966- ). Contains correspondence; memoranda; manuscripts, including drafts; articles; book reviews; reports, syllabi, student papers, examinations and other teaching materials; maps; minutes; photographs; and other papers. Includes general correspondence with individuals in the scholarly world as well as public and governmental spheres; correspondence relating to Reischauer's membership on the Board of Trustees of the Asia Foundation, and correspondence relating to Reischauer's tenure as editor of the Harvard Univer...
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Former diplomat and scholar Edwin Reischauer points out solutions to global problems supercede local and national interests, and that a new way of thinking is needed to look internationally.