Inside the Japanese System
Subtitle: Readings on Contemporary Society and Political Economy
Contributors: Daniel Okimoto (Editor); Thomas Rohlen (Editor)
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: April 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780804714235
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political economy; History: American; Asia - Japan; Business / Economics / Finance; USA; Japan; Business & Economics / Economic Conditions; 1945-1989; 1945-; Economic Conditions; Politics and government; Social conditions
First sentence: In 1928, the Japanese philosopher and cultural historian Watsuji Tetsuro returned from a year's travel in Europe, puzzled by the extreme contrasts he had seen between European culture and that of Japan.