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Social Commentary on State and Society in Modern Japan

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Editors:
  1. Yoneyuki Sugita

    1. Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

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  • Demonstrates cutting-edge research outcomes in Japanese cultural and social studies
  • Discusses 20th-century Japan from cultural and social perspectives
  • Uses interdisciplinary and multi-language approaches
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Yoneyuki Sugita
    Pages 1-3

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 177-181
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About this book

This anthology analyzes societal and cultural aspects of modern Japan. It identifies the dynamic trend and undercurrent in Japan by addressing three key areas: modernization, internationalization, and memory and imagination. Using interdisciplinary and multi-language approaches, it discusses topics such as religion, ethnicity, civil society, art, public health, popular culture, war, identity and education. It is a valuable resource for scholars and graduate students with an interest in cutting-edge research analyses of Japanese / Asian studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Yoneyuki Sugita

About the editor

Yoneyuki Sugita is professor of history at Osaka University, Japan. His major works include “The Symbiotic Relationship between Japan’s Status in the World and Changes in the Nature of Medical Insurances from the 1920s to the Early 1940s,” in Yoneyuki Sugita ed., Japan Viewed from Interdisciplinary Perspectives: History and Prospects (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015);“The Beveridge Report and Japan,” Social Work in Public Health 29:1 (2014); and "Japan's epoch-making health-insurance reforms, 1937–1945," Japan Forum, Vol. 25, Issue 1 (2013).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Commentary on State and Society in Modern Japan

  • Editors: Yoneyuki Sugita

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2395-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2394-1Published: 26 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9604-4Published: 15 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2395-8Published: 18 August 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 181

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Area Studies, Regional and Cultural Studies, Cultural Studies

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