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Pages: 434
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Categories: Social Science
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In Japan as in the United States, family farming is on the wane, increasingly rejected by the younger generation in favor of more promising economic pursuits an
Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity
Language: en
Pages: 432
Authors: Bardwell L. Smith
Categories: Religion
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Bardwell L. Smith offers a fresh perspective on mizuko kuyo, the Japanese ceremony performed to bring solace to those who have experienced miscarriage, stillbir
Japanese Women Working
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Janet Hunter
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-10-04 - Publisher: Routledge

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An international group of historians, economists, anthropologists and management specialists examine policy towards women workers and their experinces over the
The Human Tradition in Modern Japan
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Anne Walthall
Categories: History
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Postwar Japan as History
Language: en
Pages: 512
Authors: Andrew Gordon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-10-20 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Japan's catapult to world economic power has inspired many studies by social scientists, but few have looked at the 45 years of postwar Japan through the lens o