Japan : a reinterpretation
By: Patrick Smith.
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
Subjects: Japan -- Civilization; Japan -- Civilization -- 1945-; Japan -- Civilization -- American influences; Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
Description: The author "asserts that a variety of forces--the achievement of material affluence, the Cold War's end, and the death of Emperor Hirohito--are now spurring Japan once again toward a fundamental redefinition of itself" and that the Japanese are seeking to alter "the relationship between the individual and society."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-372) and index.