The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless NationA full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
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It was followed in 1915 by the Greater Japan Youth Association , promoted by the
military élite , the Naimusho and the ... hearts and minds of Japanese between
the ages of 6 and 40 : via the schools up to age 14 , via the youth associations ...
It was followed in 1915 by the Greater Japan Youth Association , promoted by the
military élite , the Naimusho and the ... hearts and minds of Japanese between
the ages of 6 and 40 : via the schools up to age 14 , via the youth associations ...
Page 354
This was Ishikawa Ichiro , a leader in the chemical industry control association ,
one of the government - inspired ... in the Important Industries Control Association
( the umbrella organisation co - ordinating the industrial control associations ) ...
This was Ishikawa Ichiro , a leader in the chemical industry control association ,
one of the government - inspired ... in the Important Industries Control Association
( the umbrella organisation co - ordinating the industrial control associations ) ...
Page 468
18 17 Shibagaki Kazuo , “ " Keizai shintaisei ” to toseikai : sono rinen to genjitsu '
[ The economic new order ' and the control associations : their ideal and reality ] ,
in Tokyo Daigaku Shakai Kagaku Kenkyujo ( eds ) , Senji Nihon keizai , Tokyo ...
18 17 Shibagaki Kazuo , “ " Keizai shintaisei ” to toseikai : sono rinen to genjitsu '
[ The economic new order ' and the control associations : their ideal and reality ] ,
in Tokyo Daigaku Shakai Kagaku Kenkyujo ( eds ) , Senji Nihon keizai , Tokyo ...
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Contents
The Elusive State | 25 |
An Inescapable Embrace | 50 |
Servants of the System | 82 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation A Borzoi book |
| Author | Karel Van Wolferen |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A.A. Knopf, 1989 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2010 |
| ISBN | 0394577965, 9780394577968 |
| Length | 496 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / International / General Political Science / International Relations / General |
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