Format:
Online-Ressource (ix, 290 p., [4] leaves of plates)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0816607613
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9780816661930
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9780816607617
Content:
Long periods of residence, study, and teaching in Japan have given Professor Cleaver an opportunity to observe its culture and to compare it with that of the United States, where he is a specialist in American studies. He reaches the conclusion that differences in the two cultures have been emphasized so much that similarities have been overlooked. Further, he points out, when differences have been discovered, a moral judgment has often been implied. In this book he provides a balanced view which will, it is hoped, contribute to a better understanding between the two countries. Since an exhaus
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index
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Contents; CHAPTER 1 The Problem: Stereotypes (Self-Imposed and Otherwise), "National Character," and Paradox; CHAPTER 2 The Wilderness Zion and the Land of the Gods; CHAPTER 3 The "Crass Materialists" and the "Economic Animals,"; CHAPTER 4 The Old Environment: Nature; CHAPTER 5 Workaday and Holiday; CHAPTER 6 Fiction and the Popular Imagination; CHAPTER 7 Shelter and Symbol; CHAPTER 8 The Nurture of the Young; CHAPTER 9 In Concluding; EPILOGUE: "Same Difference,"; By Way of Bibliography; Notes; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780816607617
Additional Edition:
Print version Japanese and Americans : Cultural Parallels and Paradoxes
Language:
English
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