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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The result of this political insight was a policy of almost hermetic seclusion , kept
in force until the middle of the nineteenth century . The new set of rulers that
came in with the Meiji Restoration of 1868 promoted the import of practically
anything ...
The result of this political insight was a policy of almost hermetic seclusion , kept
in force until the middle of the nineteenth century . The new set of rulers that
came in with the Meiji Restoration of 1868 promoted the import of practically
anything ...
Page 183
Nannies , monitors and missionaries From the time of its formation in the 1870s it
was understood that Japan ' s police force , unlike its sword - wielding samurai
predecessors , could not merely scare the populace into submission . Kawaji ...
Nannies , monitors and missionaries From the time of its formation in the 1870s it
was understood that Japan ' s police force , unlike its sword - wielding samurai
predecessors , could not merely scare the populace into submission . Kawaji ...
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In the Japanese case these forces appear to be coming from everywhere , as
well as being constantly generated from down within ... in one grand amalgam ,
affect most Japanese as an enveloping natural phenomenon , an inescapable
force .
In the Japanese case these forces appear to be coming from everywhere , as
well as being constantly generated from down within ... in one grand amalgam ,
affect most Japanese as an enveloping natural phenomenon , an inescapable
force .
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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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