Results for: Japan
The Social Sciences in Modern Japan : The Marxian and Modernist Traditions.
Barshay, Andrew E.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004.
Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. 331 pages with endnotes, bibliography, and index. An intellectual history of two trends in Japanese social sciences.
Price: $35.00
The Vitality of Japan: Sources of National Strength and Weakness.
Clesse, Armand; Takashi Inoguchi; E.B. Keehn; and J.A.A. Stockwin, editors.
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
Very good octavo hartdcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has minor wear along edges with slight scuffing to covers with small tear on upper edge of rear cover near flap. 414 pages with notes. A collection of essays on Japan's economic, domestic, and foreign policies.
Price: $20.00
Tale of Matsura : Fujiwara Teika's Experiment in Fiction. Translated with Introduction and notes by Wayne P. Lammers.
Fujiwara no Teika [ Sadaie ]. Lammers, Wayne P. translator.
Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1992.
Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dj. Slight soiling to bottom edge of textblock. 208 p. with bibliography, general and poem indexes, a critical introduction, the main work, and 2 appendicces on dataing and authorship. An uncommon work introducing and translating this important early 13th century courtly tale of a Japanese courtier and his travels in China, with romantic and supernatural episodes. The author Fujiwara is counted as one of the greatest Japanese poets, and the greatest master of the waka form of poetry.
Price: $115.00
The State and Labor in Modern Japan.
Garon, Sheldon.
Univ. of California: 1987..
1st edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Some page corners have creases. Dj has slight shelf wear to edges and corners. 326 p. w/notes, bibliography, index. Dj has what appears to be fading at top, but it is actually a purposeful color transition done as part of the dj design. A discussion of the often poor labor and government relations in Japan in the 20th century.
Price: $20.00
No Miracles Here : Fighting Urban Decline in Japan and the United States.
Gilman, Theodore.
Albany: State University of New York Press (SUNY), 2001.
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in glossy blue illustrated binding without dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine and slight scuffing to covers. 208 pages with figures, endnotes, bibliography, and index. An interesting comparison of urban revitalization efforts in Flint, Michigan, and Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture.
Price: $20.00
Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan.
Gordon, Andrew.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991..
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear along edges with some scuffing to covers including light black stain along spine. Edges of pages are lightly smudged. 364 pages with illustrations, tables, graphs, maps, 2 appendices, bibliographic essay, and index. An interesting study of working class people and politics in Tokyo prior to World War II.
Price: $30.00
The Okinawa Question and the U.S. - Japan Alliance.
Hashimoto, Akikazu; Mike Mochizuki, and Kurayoshi Takara, editors.
Washington DC/Naha, Okinawa: The Sigur Center/NIAC, 2005.
Light wear to edges of covers with minor scuffing. Light stainmark on fore-edges of pages. 156 pages with maps, illustrations, notes, and appendices.
Price: $20.00
The Japanese Prime Minister and Public Policy.
Kenji Hayao.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in orange cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine and less so on upper corners of panels. Covers have some minor scuffing and slight dirtiness. Inscribed by author to previous owner on front free endpaper. 349 pages with tables, list of agencies and organizations, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, and index.
Price: $25.00
Japanese Radicals Revisited: Student Protest in Postwar Japan.
Krauss, Ellis S.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974.
Good octavo hardcover in fair dust jacket. Some wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear and rubbing with many tears and some large chips missing from edges including a 3 inch chip off upper edge of covers and 2 inch x 2inch chip on lower edge of front cover. Red stamp on front free endpaper. Edges of pages and dj are browned. 192 pages with tables, footnotes, bibliography, and index. A study of student activism in Japan focusing on the groups that took part in the anti-Ampo movement.
Price: $20.00
Japan's Role in the Post-Cold War World.
Leitch, Jr., Richard D.; Akira Kato; and Martin E. Weinstein.
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1995..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in black cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Some scuffing on the lower portion of back panel. 223 pages with tables, figures, notes, references, and index. A study of Japanese foreign affairs.
Price: $50.00
Kenkenroku : A Diplomatic Record of the Sino-Japanese War, 1894 - 1895.
Mutsu Munemitsu. Edited and translated by Gordon Mark Berger.
Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press/The Japan Foundation, 1982.
Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has some wear to edges with slight wrinkles on back cover and light scuffing to covers. 318 pages with illustrations, maps, notes, chronology, lists of sources and secondary works, and index. A memoir by Japan's foreign minister about the conflict between Japan and China and the resulting European intervention in the peace process.
Price: $25.00
Losing Face: Status Politics in Japan.
Pharr, Susan J.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990.
Very good octavo hardcover without dust jacket. Some light wear along edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Spine is lightly browned and some minor scuffing to covers. Name of previous owner written in blue ink on front free endpaper and inscribed by author to previous owner also on same endpaper. Creasing on upper edges of few pages. 266 pages with footnotes, tables, bibliography, and index.
Price: $15.00
Cha-No-Yu: The Japanese Tea Ceremony.
Sadler, A. L.
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1968.
Very good quarto hardcover in good price-clipped dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with slight bump on lower corner of rear panel. Dj has wear and rubbing to edges with a few minor tears and some scuffing to covers with light, small spots of browning. Page edges are lightly browned with a few darker spots on upper edges. 265 pages with charts, illustrations, plates, footnotes, list of books consulted, and index. A classic study in English of the Japanese tea ceremony. Originally published in 1933, this work is the second printing of the 1963 Tuttle edition.
Price: $30.00
Local Voices, National Issues: The Impact of Local Initiative in Japanese Policy-Making.
Smith, Sheila A., editor.
Ann Arbor: Center for Japanese Studies/The University of Michigan Press, 2000.
Very good octavo hardcoover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to edges of boards with bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges with crease on lower corner of front flap and light scuffing to covers. 136 pages with notes and index. A collection of essays on local politics and their impact on national policies in Japan.
Price: $25.00
Political Opposition and Local Politics in Japan.
Steiner, Kurt; Ellis S. Krauss; and Scott C. Flanagan, editors.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980.
Very good octavo hardcover in good dust jacket. Light wear and min or rubbing to edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has wear and rubbing along edges with some small tears and scuffing to covers. Light waterstaining on upper corner of rear cover of dj and rear board. Name of previous owner written on front free endpaper. Upper edges of pages are lightly waterstained. 486 pages with tables, footnotes, and index.
Price: $20.00
Japan's Budget Politics: Balancing Domestic and International Interests.
Takaaki Suzuki.
Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.
Very good octavo hardcover in maroon cloth binding without dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with slight bumping to head and heel of spine and minor scuffing to covers. 284 pages with tables, notes, bibliography, and index. A look at Japan's budget policies from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Price: $35.00
Japan's Consumer Society: A Critical Introduction.
Tsutsumi Seiji. Translated by Frederick M. Uleman.
ARC Publishing, 1999..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has some minor wear along edges including small closed tear on upper edge of back cover and slight scuffing and scratc hing to covers. 203 pages with notes and index.
Price: $60.00
Japan's Economic Diplomacy with China, 1945-1978.
Yoshihide Soeya.
Oxford: Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1998.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with minor bumping to heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges and slight scuffing to covers. Inscription in Japanese or Chinese characters on front free endpaper in pencil. 187 pages with tables, footnotes, bibliography, and index. A detailed study of Japan's trade with China after World War II.
Price: $15.00
Japan's Trade Policy : Action or Reaction?
Yumiko Mikanagi.
London: Routledge, 1997.
Very good octavo hardcover in glossy rose colored boards without dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards and minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Slight scuffing to covers. 163 pages with figures, tables, appendices, endnotes, bibliography, and index. An interesting study of Japan's trading policies especially looking at Japanese-American trade talks in the mid-1980s.
Price: $30.00
