The Social History of Postwar Japan

ANNOUNCEMENTS

15 November - A collection of readings covering various aspects of the social and economic history of Japan from 1945 to the early 1970s is now available from the Just System archive for their course and from the Google Groups web page.
- boyle-economic-miracle.pdf
- boyle-recovery-boom-britain-japan.pdf
- boyle-what-will-become-of-us.pdf
- estevez-abe-japanese-welfare-in-comparative-perspective.pdf
- kelly-finding-a-place-in-metropolitan-japan.pdf
- morris-suzku-high-tech-japan.pdf
- morris-suzuki-techonology-and-the-economic-miracle.pdf
- mouer-kawanishi-competing-models-understanding-work.pdf
- mouer-kawanishi-toward-sociology-work-postwar-japan.pdf
- nakamura-wartime-reconstruction.pdf
These items, as are all other handouts, are in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
27 October - Added references and examples of Nihonjinron in general and the long intestines myth. Click on the link below in the SUPPLEMENTARY section.
24 October - The Handout Archive is now hosted in two locations. Use whichever link (below) is more convenient for you.
6 October - Printable versions of the course introduction and handouts for 6 October are now available.
4 October - A Google Groups mailing list has been created for this course. If you subscribe to this mailing list, you will automatically receive email announcements pertaining to the course. Subscribe!