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Japan And America

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Author : Carl Crow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916

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Japan And America

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Author : Carl Crow
language : en
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Release Date : 2015-07-09

Japan And America written by Carl Crow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-09 with History categories.

Excerpt from Japan and America: A Contrast Separated only by an ocean, which with the advance in navigation grows narrower each year, are Japan and the United States, two countries which in history, ideals, civilization, culture, have nothing in common. The governments of the two countries represent the extremes of political ideas, the one a democracy, the other an autocracy. So different are the institutions of the two peoples that neither can without danger to itself adopt the ideals and culture of the other. While the influx of a large number of Japanese to the United States would create new labor problems and seriously threaten American institutions, the migration of a similar number of Americans to Japan would prove equally serious to that country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Japan And America

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language : en
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Release Date : 1909

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The Material Child

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Author : Merry White
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1994-09-29

The Material Child written by Merry White and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-09-29 with Art categories.

As she describes the youth culture of Japan, Merry White draws comparisons with the interests and activities pursued by teenagers in the United States and the contrasting attitudes of adults in Japan and the U.S. towards adolescence. The result is both engrossing and enlightening.

The Philippines And Japan In America S Shadow

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Author : Kiichi Fujiwara
language : en
Publisher: National University of Singapore Press
Release Date : 2011

The Philippines And Japan In America S Shadow written by Kiichi Fujiwara and has been published by National University of Singapore Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.

Japan and the Philippines both spent part of the 20th century under American rule, and the experience left an indelible imprint on both societies. The authors in this volume examine the issue from a wide range of perspectives and suggest a different interpretation.

Centuries Of Economic Endeavor

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Author : John P. Powelson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

Centuries Of Economic Endeavor written by John P. Powelson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Business & Economics categories.

Comparing the histories of Japan and northwestern Europe from the middle ages onward, explores the paths of social and political development in those two regions to isolate a linkage between economic development and the distribution of political power. Contrasts the Japan/Europe pattern with the histories of Africa, Asia except Japan, Latin America, and eastern and southern Europe.

Marriage Work And Family Life In Comparative Perspective

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Author : Noriko O. Tsuya
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2003-12-31

Marriage Work And Family Life In Comparative Perspective written by Noriko O. Tsuya and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-31 with Family & Relationships categories.

When we compare Eastern and Western societies, we find similar economic and social forces at work. But the impact of these on family life reflects differences in cultural history and social context. This volume examines family change in Korea, Japan, and the United States, allowing us to contrast the collective emphasis of a Confucian social heritage with the individualism of the West. An impressive group of demographers and family sociologists considers such questions as: How do family patterns vary within countries and across societies? How essential are marriage and parenthood? How do levels of contact between middle-aged adults and their parents who live elsewhere differ in East Asian countries and the U.S.? How does female employment vary based on family factors and do these factors affect employment across societies? Policy makers and demographic and family researchers both in the U.S. and Asia will find this book a vital resource for understanding the dynamics of family life in contrasting modern societies. Contributors: Larry L. Bumpass, Yong-Chan Byun, Minja Kim Choe, Karen Oppenheim Mason, Ronald R. Rindfluss, Noriko O. Tsuya.

Different Games Different Rules

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Author : Haru Yamada
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1997-04-24

Different Games Different Rules written by Haru Yamada and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

Japan and the United States are in closer contact politically and economically than ever before, yet in many ways our nations are as far from mutual understanding as ever. Misconceptions and miscommunications between East and West continue to plague this important relationship, frustrating the best efforts of both cultures to work together. Stereotypes abound: Americans see Japanese as evasive and inscrutable, while Japanese see Americans as pushy and selfish. What causes these persistent misunderstandings, and what can be done to avoid them? Fluent in both languages and at home in both cultures, Haru Yamada brings an insiders perspective and a linguists training to this difficult question, illuminating the many reasons why Americans and Japanese misunderstand one another. Social organization, she explains, shapes the way we talk. Because American and Japanese cultures value different kinds of social relationships, they play different language games with different sets of rules. In America, for instance, Aesop's fable about the grasshopper and the ants ends with the ants scorning the foolhardy grasshopper. In Japan, however, the story has a very different ending: the ants invite the grasshopper in to share their winter meal, as they appreciate how his singing spurred them on during their summer labors. In the difference between these two endings, argues Yamada, lies an important lesson: Americans, because of their unique political history, value independence and individuality, while Japanese value mutual dependency and interconnectedness. The language of both cultures is designed to display and reinforce these values so that words, phrases and expressions in one language can have completely different connotations in another, leading to all manner of misunderstanding. Yamada provides numerous examples. In Japan, for instance, silence is valued and halting speech is considered more honest and thoughtful than fluid speech, while in America forthright, polished speech is valued. Likewise, the Japanese use word order to express emphasis, while Americans use vocal stress: a listener unaware of this difference may easily misunderstand the import of a sentence. In a lucid and insightful discussion, Yamada outlines the basic differences between Japanese and American English and analyzes a number of real-life business and social interactions in which these differences led to miscommunication. By understanding how and why each culture speaks in the way that it does, Yamada shows, we can learn to avoid frustrating and damaging failures of communication. Different Games, Different Rules is essential reading for anyone who travels to or communicates regularly with Japan, whether they are scientists, scholars, tourists, or business executives. But as Deborah Tannen notes in her Foreword to the book, even those who will never travel to Japan, do business with a Japanese company, or talk to a person from that part of the world, will find the insights of this book illuminating and helpful, because the greatest benefit that comes of understanding another culture is a better and deeper understanding of one's own.

Searching For Japan

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Author : Michele Monserrati
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-27

Searching For Japan written by Michele Monserrati and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-27 with Literary Criticism categories.

This book pursues the specific case of Italian travel narratives in the Far East, through a focus on the experience of Japan in works by writers who visited the Land of the Rising Sun beginning in the Meiji period (1868-1912) and during the concomitant opening of Japan’s relations with the West. Drawing from the fields of Postcolonial and Transnational Studies, analysis of these texts explores one central question: what does it mean to imagine Japanese culture as contributing to Italian culture? Each author shares in common an attempt to disrupt ideas about dichotomies and unbalanced power relationships between East and West. Proposing the notion of ‘relational Orientalism,’ this book suggests that Italian travelogues to Japan, in many cases, pursued the goal of building imaginary transnational communities, predicated on commonalities and integration, by claiming what they perceived as ‘Oriental’ as their own. In contrast with a long history of Western representations of Japan as inferior and irrational, Searching for Japan identifies a positive overarching attitude toward the Far East country in modern Italian culture. Expanding the horizon of Italian transnational networks, normally situated within the Southern European region, this book reinstates the existence of an alternative Euro-Asian axis, operating across Italian history.

Through Japanese Eyes

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Author : Yohko Tsuji
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2020-11-13

Through Japanese Eyes written by Yohko Tsuji and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-13 with Social Science categories.

In Through Japanese Eyes, based on her thirty-year research at a senior center in upstate New York, anthropologist Yohko Tsuji describes old age in America from a cross-cultural perspective. Comparing aging in America and in her native Japan, she discovers that notable differences in the panhuman experience of aging are rooted in cultural differences between these two countries, and that Americans have strongly negative attitudes toward aging because it represents the antithesis of cherished American values, especially independence. Tsuji reveals that American culture, despite its seeming lack of guidance for those aging, plays a pivotal role in elders’ lives, simultaneously assisting and constraining them. Furthermore, the author’s lengthy period of research illustrates major changes in her interlocutors’ lives, incorporating their declines and death, and significant shifts in the culture of aging in American society as Tsuji herself gets to know American culture and grows into senescence herself. Through Japanese Eyes offers an ethnography of aging in America from a cross-cultural perspective based on a lengthy period of research. It illustrates how older Americans cope with the gap between the ideal (e.g., independence) and the real (e.g., needing assistance) of growing older, and the changes the author observed over thirty years of research.