The Call of Japan : : A Continuing Story-1950 to the Present Day / / Hans Brinckmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Brinckmann, Hans,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Part personal memoir, part professional flashback, part socio-cultural commentary, The Call of Japan chronicles the author’s experiences during his 40 years of living in Japan, from 1950 to 1974 as a ‘reluctant banker’, and from 2003 to the present as a writer. The Call of Japan comments extensively on the country’s economic, political and cultural realities during the crucial early years of post-war reconstruction as well as during more recent times.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I The Wooing (1950-1958) -- 1950 -- 1951 -- 1952 -- 1953 -- 1954 -- 1955 -- 1956 -- 1957 -- 1958 -- Part II The Winning (1959-1966) -- 1959 -- 1960 -- 1961 -- 1962 -- 1963 -- 1964 -- 1965 -- 1966 -- Part III The Waning (1967-1974) -- 1967 -- 1968 -- 1969 -- 1970 -- 1971 -- 1972 -- 1973 -- 1974 -- Part IV The View From Abroad (1974-2002) -- 1974 -- 1975 -- 1976 -- 1977 -- 1978 -- 1979 -- 1981 -- 1982 -- 1983 -- 1984 -- 1985 -- 1986 -- 1988 -- 1989 -- 1990-1998 -- 1999-2003 -- Part V Back on Familiar Soil (2003 to the Present) -- Introduction -- Glossary -- Index