Japan Since 1945:   From Postwar to Post-Bubble 

 - London ; New York:  Bloomsbury,   2013 
 - 318 pages;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Does Japan really matter anymore? The challenges of recent Japanese history have led some pundits and scholars to publicly wonder whether Japan's significance is starting to<br/>wane. The multidisciplinary essays that comprise Japan Since 1945 demonstrate its ongoing importance and relevance. Examining the historical context to the social, cultural, and<br/>political underpinnings of Japan's postwar development, the contributors re-engage earlier discourses and introduce new veins of research. Japan Since 1945 provides a much<br/>needed update to existing scholarly work on the history of contemporary Japan. It moves beyond the 'lost decade' and 'terrible devastation' frameworks that have thus far defined<br/>too much of the discussion, offering a more nuanced picture of the nation's postwar development. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781441101181 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business. <br/>Culture<br/>History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS889 .J37