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  • Distant Islands

    The Japanese American Community in New York City, 1876-1930s

    Series series Nikkei in the Americas
    Distant Islands is a modern narrative history of the Japanese American community in New York City between America's centennial year and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Often overshadowed in historical literature by the Japanese diaspora on the West Coast, this community, which dates back to the 1870s, has its own fascinating history.The New York Japanese American community was a composite of ... Leer más

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  • Japan In World History

    Japan in World History ranges from Japan's prehistoric interactions with Korea and China, to the Western challenge of the late 1500s, the partial isolation under the Tokugawa family (1600-1868), and the tumultuous interactions of more recent times, when Japan modernized ferociously, turned imperialist, lost a world war, then became the world's second largest economy--and its greatest foreign aid ... Leer más

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  • Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans (Updated and Revised)

    de Ronald Takaki ...
    In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, & oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields of Hawaii, of "picture brides" marrying strangers in the hope of becoming part of the American dream. He tells stories of Japanese ... Leer más

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  • Dogs and Demons

    Tales from the Dark Side of Japan

    de Alex Kerr ...
    The crises--and failures--of modernization in Japan, as seen up close by a resident expertJapan is a nation in crisis, and the crisis goes far beyond its well-known economic plight. In Dogs and Demons, Alex Kerr chronicles the crisis on a broad scale, from the failure of Japan's banks and pension funds to the decline of its once magnificent modern cinema. The book takes up for the first time in ... Leer más

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  • Finding Japan

    Early Canadian Encounters with Asia

    de Anne Shannon ...
    In contrast to the widely known experiences of Asian immigrants who came to Canada, this book looks at movement in the opposite direction. Using text and images, it is a collection of stories about how Canadians “found Japan,” the first place they reached when travelling westward across the Pacific.These connections began as early as 1848, when the adventurous son of a Hudson’s Bay Company trader ... Leer más

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  • The Japanese

    A History in Twenty Lives

    A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'Mightily impressive ... a marvellous read' Sunday TimesFrom the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals.The vivid and entertaining portraits in Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book take the reader from the earliest written accounts of Japan right through to the life of ... Leer más

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  • The Subtle Body

    The Story of Yoga in America

    In The Subtle Body, Stefanie Syman tells the surprising story of yoga's transformation from a centuries-old spiritual discipline to a multibillion-dollar American industry.Yoga's history in America is longer and richer than even its most devoted practitioners realize. It was present in Emerson's New England, and by the turn of the twentieth century it was fashionable among the leisure class. And ... Leer más

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  • The Passenger: Japan

    Series series The Passenger
    Explore Japanese society in the lively series that collects the best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from around the world.Visitors from the West look with amazement, and sometimes concern, at Japan's social structures and unique, complex culture industry; the gigantic scale of its tech corporations and the resilience of its traditions; the extraordinary diversity of the subcultures ... Leer más

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  • Karma Of Brown Folk

    de Vijay Prashad ...
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  • History of Modern Japan

    In Search of a Nation: 1850 to the Present

    "Lucid and lyrical…a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." —The Daily TelegraphIn A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history—from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to Japanese feminists who fought for an equal political voice in the 1890s.Though highly successful, and ... Leer más

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  • Japan Reloaded

    The Ultimate Japan Survival Guide

    Japan Reloaded is a MASSIVE collection of everything you need know before going to JAPAN.Learn about Japan's history, culture, food, buzzwords, religions, languages and culture. For only 4.99, it is a great travel companion!All facts and tips in this book include source citation and external references, in order to ensure quality and accuracy.Written by: Takumi Kawasaki, Lecturer Intro ... Leer más

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