birth_place birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
bulgaria 1932 '' closed shop '' cartels of the mind : japan 's intellectual ivan p. hall
 ivan p. hall historian and former diplomat
ivan p. hall

ivan p. hall is an american historian specialized in japan 's history , and a former diplomat who came to prominence with the publication of his 1997 book `` cartels of the mind : japan 's intellectual closed shop '' .
the book was named one of the ten best business books of 1997 by `` business week '' magazine .
it argued that thanks to a variety of extralegal practices foreigners are largely excluded from intellectual life in japan .
he went on in 2002 to publish `` bamboozled : how america loses the intellectual game with japan and its implications for our future in asia '' , which `` foreign affairs '' suggested was `` destined to arouse passions ... among japanese nationalists and american liberals '' .
