The postwar developments of Japanese studies in the United States
 Series Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; v. 8
 Format: Book
 Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1998.
 Language: English
 Summary:
The present volume documents the postwar history of United States scholarship on Japan. A careful selection of North American scholars under the general editorship of Helen Hardacre (Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society at Harvard University) shows that a range of factors have directed Japanese studies in the United States since 1945. Among th... (see more)

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  • xxviii, 423 p. ; 25 cm.
  • ISBN: 9004109811 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • OCLC Number: 38765047
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  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
  • Introduction (Helen Hardacre) (p. vii)
  • Sizing Up (and Breaking Down) Japan (John W. Dower) (p. 1)
  • The Study of Japan's Early History (Martin Collcutt) (p. 37)
  • Tokugawa Japan: The Return of the Other? (Harold Bolitho) (p. 85)
  • The Meiji Restoration: a Historiographical Overview (Albert M. Craig) (p. 115)
  • American Studies of Japanese Foreign Relations (Akira Iriye) (p. 143)
  • Japanese Art Studies in America since 1945 (John M. Rosenfield) (p. 161)
  • The Postwar Development of Studies of Japanese Religions (Helen Hardacre) (p. 195)
  • "The Way of the World": Japanese Literary Studies in the Postwar United States (Norma Field) (p. 227)
  • When and Where Japan Enters: American Anthropology since 1945 (Jennifer Robertson) (p. 294)
  • The Turbulent Path to Social Science: Japanese Political Analysis in the 1990s (Kent E. Calder) (p. 336)
  • The Development of Japanese Legal Studies in American Law Schools (Frank K. Upham) (p. 354)
  • Taking Japanese Studies Seriously (Andrew Gordon) (p. 387)
  • Index (p. 407)
  • List of Contributors (p. 424)
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The present volume documents the postwar history of United States scholarship on Japan. A careful selection of North American scholars under the general editorship of Helen Hardacre (Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society at Harvard University) shows that a range of factors have directed Japanese studies in the United States since 1945. Among these factors are social and political change in Japan and the United States, shifts in dominant scholarly concerns about Japan, and changing evaluations of area studies.The work consists of twelve essays in a wide variety of fields: history, art, religion, literature, anthropology, political science, and law. Each essay chronicles postwar scholarship in its particular discipline and provides a useful bibliography to serve further reference.The general aim of the volume is to put current debates in historical perspective and to help assess the fields achievements. It identifies areas requiring more work and charts directions for the future.
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