Towards Japan : : A Personal Journey / / Arthur Stockwin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Stockwin, Arthur,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; 1 Origins --; 2 Schooldays --; 3 A Long Wide Road --; 4 From One Life to Another --; 5 National Service: Learning Russian --; 6 Out with Religion, in with Politics --; 7 More Distant Fields --; 8 Meeting with Japan --; 9 Trying to Write a Thesis --; 10 Back to Australia --; 11 The 1970s: A Surprising Decade --; 12 Old Country, New Country --; 13 Affliction and Accomplishment --; 14 The Twenty-first Century --; 15 What Future for Japan? --; 16 By Way of a Conclusion --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781912961115; 9783110689556; 9783110696295
• DOI: 10.1515/9781912961115?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Arthur Stockwin.

Distinguished author and former Professor of Modern Japanese Studies at Oxford, Arthur Stockwin here explores his personal journey from being the son of medical/dental parents in Birmingham, England, to becoming a specialist in the politics and modern history of Japan, while at the same time reflecting on his considerable personal experiences of Japan and assessing its current and possible future condition.