Author: Prof. Kazuo Kawai Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing ISBN: 1787209229 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
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How did the Japanese themselves respond to the American occupation? How were the sweeping reforms—political, social, and economic—of SCAP’s program received? How permanent was their effect, and why did some succeed and others fail completely? How successful in the long view was the democratization induced by MacArthur’s “artificial revolution”? And what tendencies existing in fundamental Japanese attitudes and history might account for this peculiar success? Kazuo Kawai, Japanese-born and educated in America, a political scientist and journalist, brings his unique experience and knowledge to bear on these questions. The result is a book which tells the story of the American occupation of Japan from the Japanese point of view. “This book deals with the American interlude in the history of Japan during which time that country was not only occupied by American troops and politically controlled by American officials but was subjected to almost every conceivable variety of American influence. It does not attempt to tell the story of the Occupation itself, for that story has already been told many times by Americans who, as participants or close observers, were in a position to tell it well. Instead, this work deals only with selected controversial aspects of the Japanese reaction to American influence during the Occupation period.”—Kazuo Kawai, Preface
Author: Alyce Stevens Rohrer Publisher: ISBN: 9781413494679 Category : Americans Languages : en Pages : 0
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'This novel is an account of the life of an American family in World War II Japan. Seen through the eyes of the young wife of a skilled and experienced pilot who went to Japan on a contract with Mitsubishi company, her point of view is unique. As a spouse and devoted mother of her two school-age children, her observations of all aspects of life in that new and far environment are full of detail. She tries to understand the Japanese customs, learns the language and the traditional dances, and even teaches. An accomplished pilot herself she graciously, but not without regret, sacrifices her love of flying and dedicates her life to the needs of her family. The patterns of local life, the traditions, as reflected in chapters describing cultural events, the relationships with other Americans working there and with the Japanese, are all described with a high degree of sensitivity, wonder and respect. Alyce Stevens Rohrer is the author of many books. The Girls of Avenger is a captivating account of her flying experiences during World War II as a WASP pilot. This time, she takes us to the Far East. Interlude in Japan is another fictionalized novel based upon personal experiences. Written in great detail, with competence and talent, it is both informative and an uplifting reading experience."
Author: Sarah M Griffith Publisher: University of Illinois Press ISBN: 0252050355 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 232
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From the early 1900s, liberal Protestants grafted social welfare work onto spiritual concerns on both sides of the Pacific. Their goal: to forge links between whites and Asians that countered anti-Asian discrimination in the United States. Their test: uprooting racial hatreds that, despite their efforts, led to the shameful incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II. Sarah M. Griffith draws on the experiences of liberal Protestants, and the Young Men's Christian Association in particular, to reveal the intellectual, social, and political forces that powered this movement. Engaging a wealth of unexplored primary and secondary sources, Griffith explores how YMCA leaders and their partners in the academy and distinct Asian American communities labored to mitigate racism. The alliance's early work, based in mainstream ideas of assimilation and integration, ran aground on the Japanese exclusion law of 1924. Yet their vision of Christian internationalism and interracial cooperation maintained through the World War II internment trauma. As Griffith shows, liberal Protestants emerged from that dark time with a reenergized campaign to reshape Asian-white relations in the postwar era.
Author: W. Nester Publisher: Springer ISBN: 023037428X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 492
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This book analyzes US-Japan relations amidst the changing nature of power and international relations. Chapters explore the relative successes and shortcomings of American liberalism and Japanese Neomercantilism, the bilateral trade duels over finance, high technology, agriculture, and other industries, and the costs and benefits of foreign investment and military spending. The book concludes with suggestions for a systemic and radical overhaul of American policies toward itself, the global economy, and Japan.
Author: Monica Brau Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351546120 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 211
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Swedish journalist and author Braw draws on declassified documents and interviews in Japan and the US to reveal how the US occupation authorities established elaborate systems of censorship and disinformation among the Japanese press, scientists, and even novelists and poets, about the bombing of Hi
Author: Sheila K. Johnson Publisher: Stanford University Press ISBN: 9780804719599 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 212
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Largely based on the information conveyed by bestselling novels, magazines, cartoons, movies and television shows, this is an illuminating look at American attitudes and stereotypes about Japan since World War II. The book is illustrated with one photograph and sixteen cartoons.
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