Towards Japan : : A Personal Journey / / 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 reflect...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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