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Volume 49 - Issue 2 - May 1990

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Book Reviews—Japan

The Formation of Science in Japan. By James R. Bartholomew. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. xx, 371 pp. $30.00.
William Johnston
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23 March 2011, pp. 393-395
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Capitalisme, société, et culture au Japon: Aux origines de l'industrialisation. By Bernard Bernier. Montreal: University of Montreal Press, 1988. x, 456 pp. $34.00.
Naoki Sakai
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23 March 2011, pp. 395-396
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Strategies for Learning: Small-Group Activities in American, Japanese, and Swedish Industry. By Robert E. Cole. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. xvi, 338 pp.
Donald M. Peppard, Jr.
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23 March 2011, pp. 396-398
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Jōdo Shinshū: Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan. By James C. Dobbins. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989. 352 pp. $35.00.
Allan A. Andrews
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23 March 2011, pp. 398-399
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The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895–1937. Edited by Peter Duus, Ramon H. Myers, and Mark R. Peattie. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. xxx, 454 pp. $45.00.
Wen-hsin Yeh
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23 March 2011, pp. 399-401
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The Japanese Business Community and National Trade Policy, 1920–1942. By William Miles FletcherIII. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989. x, 226 pp.
Peter Duus
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23 March 2011, pp. 401-402
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The Misunderstood Miracle: Industrial Development and Political Change in Japan. By David Friedman. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988. viii, 265 pp. $39.95 (cloth); $12.95 (paper).
Ronald Dore
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23 March 2011, pp. 402-404
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Le Japon: L'ère de Hirohito. By Jacques Gravereau. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1988. 525 pp.
Bernard Saint-Jacques
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23 March 2011, pp. 404-405
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Book Reviews—South Asia

Democracy in Japan. Edited by Takeshi Ishida and Ellis D. Krauss. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. x, 354 pp. $39.95 (cloth); $14.95 (paper).
Ronald J. Hrebenar
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23 March 2011, pp. 406-407
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Japanese Studies in the United States. Part I, History and Present Condition. Part II, Directory of Japan Specialists and Japanese Studies Institutions in the United States and Canada, vol. 1, Japan Specialists; vol. 2, Institutions and Indexes. Japanese Studies Series XVIII. Ann Arbor, Mich.: The Japan Foundation. Part I, 1988, iv, 180 pp.; part II, vol. 1, 1989, xxii, 517 pp.; part II, vol. 2, 1989, xiv, 651 pp. (Distributed by the Association for Asian Studies)
Sidney DeVere Brown
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23 March 2011, pp. 407-409
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Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy. Edited by K. V. Kesavan. New York: Advent Books, 1989. xvi, 243 pp.
John E. Endicott
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23 March 2011, pp. 409-410
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Agricultural Development in Japan: The Land Improvement District in Concept and Practice. By Gil Latz. Geography Research Paper no. 225. Chicago: University of Chicago, Committee on Geographical Studies, 1989. viii, 135 pp. $12.00 (paper).
Yukiko Numata Bedford
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23 March 2011, pp. 410-411
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Destinies Shared: U.S.-Japanese Relations. Edited by Paul Gordon Lauren and Raymond F. Wylie. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1989. x, 198 pp. $34.95.
Robert W. Barnett
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23 March 2011, pp. 411-413
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The Foundational Standpoint of Mādhyamika Philosophy. By Gadjin Nagao. Translated by John P. Keenan. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. xii, 183 pp. $39.50 (cloth); $12.95 (paper).
Paul J. Griffiths
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23 March 2011, pp. 413-414
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Handbook of Japanese Popular Culture. Edited by Richard Gid Powers and Hidetoshi Kato. Bruce Stronach, Associate Editor. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1989. xviii, 350 pp. $59.95.
Susan J. Napier
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23 March 2011, pp. 414-415
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Strategic Pragmaticism: Japanese Lessons in the Use of Economic Theory. By Michele Schmiegelow and Henrik Schmiegelow. New York: Praeger, 1989. x, 213 pp. $39.95.
Carl Mosk
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23 March 2011, p. 416
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Paris in Japan: The Japanese Encounter with European Painting. By Shuji Takashina and J. Thomas Rimer with Gerald D. Bolas. St. Louis: Washington University Press, 1987. 287 pp.
Mark H. Sandler
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23 March 2011, pp. 417-418
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Unit 731: The Japanese Army's Secret of Secrets. By Peter Williams and David Wallace. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. xxvii, 366 pp. £14.95. U.S. edition, New York: The Free Press, 1989. xi, 303 pp. $22.95.
John W. Powell
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23 March 2011, pp. 418-419
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Book Reviews—Korea

White Badge: A Novel of Korea. By Ahn Junghyo. New York: Soho Press, 1989. 347 pp. $19–95.
Carter J. Eckert
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23 March 2011, pp. 420-421
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A Korean Storyteller's Miscellany. By Peter H. Lee. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. xviii, 312 pp. $38.00.
David R. McCann
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23 March 2011, pp. 421-422
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Book Reviews—Japan

The Formation of Science in Japan. By James R. Bartholomew. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989. xx, 371 pp. $30.00.

Capitalisme, société, et culture au Japon: Aux origines de l'industrialisation. By Bernard Bernier. Montreal: University of Montreal Press, 1988. x, 456 pp. $34.00.

Strategies for Learning: Small-Group Activities in American, Japanese, and Swedish Industry. By Robert E. Cole. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989. xvi, 338 pp.

Jōdo Shinshū: Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan. By James C. Dobbins. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1989. 352 pp. $35.00.

The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895–1937. Edited by Peter Duus, Ramon H. Myers, and Mark R. Peattie. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. xxx, 454 pp. $45.00.

The Japanese Business Community and National Trade Policy, 1920–1942. By William Miles FletcherIII. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989. x, 226 pp.

The Misunderstood Miracle: Industrial Development and Political Change in Japan. By David Friedman. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988. viii, 265 pp. $39.95 (cloth); $12.95 (paper).

Le Japon: L'ère de Hirohito. By Jacques Gravereau. Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1988. 525 pp.

Book Reviews—South Asia

Democracy in Japan. Edited by Takeshi Ishida and Ellis D. Krauss. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1989. x, 354 pp. $39.95 (cloth); $14.95 (paper).

Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy. Edited by K. V. Kesavan. New York: Advent Books, 1989. xvi, 243 pp.

Agricultural Development in Japan: The Land Improvement District in Concept and Practice. By Gil Latz. Geography Research Paper no. 225. Chicago: University of Chicago, Committee on Geographical Studies, 1989. viii, 135 pp. $12.00 (paper).

Destinies Shared: U.S.-Japanese Relations. Edited by Paul Gordon Lauren and Raymond F. Wylie. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1989. x, 198 pp. $34.95.

The Foundational Standpoint of Mādhyamika Philosophy. By Gadjin Nagao. Translated by John P. Keenan. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. xii, 183 pp. $39.50 (cloth); $12.95 (paper).

Handbook of Japanese Popular Culture. Edited by Richard Gid Powers and Hidetoshi Kato. Bruce Stronach, Associate Editor. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1989. xviii, 350 pp. $59.95.

Strategic Pragmaticism: Japanese Lessons in the Use of Economic Theory. By Michele Schmiegelow and Henrik Schmiegelow. New York: Praeger, 1989. x, 213 pp. $39.95.

Paris in Japan: The Japanese Encounter with European Painting. By Shuji Takashina and J. Thomas Rimer with Gerald D. Bolas. St. Louis: Washington University Press, 1987. 287 pp.

Unit 731: The Japanese Army's Secret of Secrets. By Peter Williams and David Wallace. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. xxvii, 366 pp. £14.95. U.S. edition, New York: The Free Press, 1989. xi, 303 pp. $22.95.

Book Reviews—Korea

White Badge: A Novel of Korea. By Ahn Junghyo. New York: Soho Press, 1989. 347 pp. $19–95.

A Korean Storyteller's Miscellany. By Peter H. Lee. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989. xviii, 312 pp. $38.00.

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