Book of Donmon Teith

This study is a result of three continuous years of fieldwork in a hamlet in rural Japan. The data presented and analyzed here consist of records from participa

This edited collection explores the historical dimensions, cultural practices, socio-economic mechanisms and political agendas that shape the notion of a nation

Social and political conflict in postwar Japan is the subject of this volume, which draws together a series of field-based studies by North American and Japanes

Is Japanese society essentially different from other modern industrialized societies, or not? This survey work with contributions from the leading scholars in t