Contemporary Japan: History, Politics, and Social Change Since the 1980s, Paperback - Jeff Kingston

DescriptionThe second edition of this comprehensive study of recent Japanese history now includes the author's expert assessment of the effects of ...

This new and fully updated second edition of Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan provides undergraduate and graduate students with an interdiscip...

Since 1945, Japan has successfully reinvented itself, rising from the ashes of defeat to become a peaceful and prosperous nation. It is seen as an ...

Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewier. To do so, the art employs various strategies to convey a polit...

Over the years, Kobena Mercer has critically illuminated the visual innovations of African American and black British artists. In Travel & See he p...

A highly praised new history of that most turbulent of decades: the 1980s.

This book analyzes contemporary Japanese politics, charting the return of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's domestic political dominance and his economic...

The lavishly illustrated story of Tactical Air Command in the 1980s. Take a step inside the day-to-day operations.Illustrations: 140 Illustrations,...

The lavishly illustrated story of the United States Air Forces in Europe in the 1980s. Take a step inside the day-to-day operations.Illustrations: ...

The lavishly illustrated story of Strategic Air Command in the 1980s. Take a step inside the day-to-day operations.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAu...

The lavishly illustrated story of the Air National Guard in the 1980s. Take a step inside the day-to-day operations.Publisher: Amberley PublishingA...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jeff PearlmanThe New York Times bestselling author of Sweetness and Gunslinger delivers the first all-encompassing account ...

From 1986 to 1994, East Africa's postcolonial, political order was profoundly challenged when four revolutionary 'liberation' movements seized powe...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

With rare and previously unpublished images showcasing the 1980s lorry scene throughout Great Britain.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): Carl...

The South Wales Division was one of the three operating divisions of the Western Region. Explore the South Wales Railways in the 1980s with previou...

Looks at important decades in recent history using family memories to contrast life `then` and `now`.

No period of Bob Dylan's six-decade career confounds fans more than the 1980s. The singer began the decade with Saved, the second in a trio of expl...

Phil Collins was everywhere in the 1980s. He had more top forty singles in the US than any other artist during the 1980s: fourteen as a solo artist...

Previously unpublished images of British buses in Canada, Macau, India South Africa, Portugal and Hong Kong.

DescriptionFor four hundred years, Virginia's politicians have preached a "Virginia Way" of honor, gentility and democracy. In reality, this ideolo...

Reducere. Thought and Behavior in Modern Japanese Politics, Hardcover

Reducere. Pete Battistini released "American Top 40 with Casey Kasem (The 1970's)" in 2005. Now comes the follow-up, "American Top 40 with Casey Kasem (The 1...

Everyone's favourite motorcycles of the 1980s in this lavishly illustrated little bookPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Phil WestIllustrat...

A photographic record of the western region's rail freight scene during the interesting period of the 1980s.Illustrations: 180 Illustrations, unspe...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Claire GraceNumber of pages: 352Collection: October BooksPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 178 x 228 x 27Cover t...

Reducere. When Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo harbor in July 1853, opening Japan to the West, a century and a half of economic, cultural, and occa...

The risks in the later stages of careers comparing the welfare states of Germany and the United States since the 1980s.

From the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the Arab Spring, this completely revised and updated edition of Mehran Kamrava's classic treatise on th...

Reducere. DescriptionJohn Kenneth Muir is back This time, the author of the acclaimed Horror Films of the 1970s turns his attention to 300 films from the 198...

A definitive account of the efforts by Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and other conservatives to remake American politics, the American economy,...

This is the second volume of Vonnegut's autobiographical writings - a collage of his own life story, snipped up and stuck down alongside his views ...

Reducere. Japan has long wrestled with the memories and legacies of World War II. In the aftermath of defeat, war memory developed as an integral part of par...

This multivolume project explores the revolutionary events that have unfolded in Ukraine since 1990: the Revolution on Granite (1990); the Orange R...

This book is a brief history of the human-caused climate change debate from its origins in the 19th century until today. The goal is to put the pol...

A funny, entertaining and frank account of life as an air hostess in the debauched days of the 1980s

What Was Football Like in the 1980s? provides a fascinating and insightful perspective on the game in a decade when football faced major challenges...

The fascinating story of the home computer revolution of the 1980s. The innovative machines produced inspired a generation.Publisher: Amberley Publ...

Reducere. This comprehensive look at Japanese cinema in the 1990s includes nearly four hundred reviews of individual films and a dozen interviews and profile...

DescriptionWith its peaceful cove and captivating mountain views, Kingston has long been a charming community on Puget Sound west of Seattle. Dubbe...

Brings together new scholarship that considers the role of children and teenagers in shaping American political life during the decades following t...

This is a beautiful study of the rich history of our food, its fads and its fashions, combined with a practical cookbook of over xxx recipes from t...

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers IncAuthor(s): Wayne C. McWilliamsNumber of pages: 620Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 230 x 154 x 34Cover type...

Reducere. This account of historical politics in Ukraine, framed in a broader European context, shows how social, political, and cultural groups have used an...

This edited volume explores political motives, discourses and agendas in Japanese manga and graphic art with the objective of highlighting the agen...

This book focuses on space in African and Black religion and spirituality through the lenses of area studies, African and black diaspora studies, h...

DescriptionThe anthology, the first of its kind, includes 32 texts on contemporary prints and printmaking written from the mid-1980s to the present...

Nearly thirty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, debates over paths to market liberalization have produced numerous studies across the socia...

This new edition of an established text has been thoroughly revised and updated, bringing the story up to Hollande's presidency. It now incorporate...