The Japanese Overseas : : Can They Go Home Again? / / Merry E. White.
The astonishing success of Japanese corporations throughout the world has transplanted millions of Japanese into foreign lands, but returning families face a crisis--a problematic, sometimes traumatic reunion with an inward-looking culture. Drawing on scores of in-depth interviews, Merry White explo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1992 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Families at Risk
- 2. Families and Fortunes: The History of a Cultural Paradox
- 3. Return to Japan: Three Case Histories
- 4. Facing the Schools: The Lessons of Readjustment
- 5. Adult Strategies: Mothers and Fathers at Home and at Work
- 6. Can They Go Home Again? Brokers and Borders in Modern Japan
- Afterword
- Appendix 1. The Sample and Interviews
- Appendix 2. Cities and Wards Receiving Returnee Children
- Appendix 3. Characteristics and Strategies of the Sample
- Appendix Addendum
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index