Hitotsubashi University, 1875-2000: A Hundred and Twenty-Five Years of Higher Education in Japan

ISBN-13: 9780333764893 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 315 str.

Ikema, M.

Opis

The year 2000 marks the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of Hitotsubashi University, one of Japan's most prestigious universities. This official history celebrates the origins and development of the university and its contribution both to Japan's higher education system and her outstanding economic growth over the last century.

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List of Tables List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction PART I: UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE IN THE MAKING Modernization and Organization of Higher Commercial Education in Japan Birth of the Higher Commercial School Road to University The Origins of Liberalism PART II: UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE IN FULL SWING The Establishment and Structure of Tokyo University of Commerce The Development of Tokyo University of Commerce: Commercial College vs. Full University War-Time Education and Scholarship Social Sciences Coming of Age Academic Development at the University of Commerce The Study of Law: A Liberal Approach PART III: POSTWAR DEVELOPMENT AS HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY The Defeat of Japan and the Rebirth of the University The Postwar Educational Reforms and the Foundation of Hitotsubashi University Hitotsubashi University and the Popularisation of Universities University Dispute and the Rebirth and Reformation of Hitotsubashi University The Age of Reformation Epilogue Appendix Select Bibliography Index

O autorze

MAKOTO IKEMA is Professor of International Economics at Hitotsubashi University (Graduate School of Economics). His publications include Theory of International Trade and A Theory Towards International Duopolistic Competition. He is currently President of the Japan Society of International Economics.

YOSHIO INOUE is Professor of Literature and Society at Hitotsubashi University (Graduate School of Language and Society). His publications include A Biography of D.H. Lawrence (3 vols.) Murakami Haruki and 'Reminiscence' of Japan.

TAMOTSU NISHIZAWA is Professor of History of Economic Thought at Hitotsubashi University (Institute of Economic Research). His publications include Economic Heretics: the Ideas and Policy of the Birmingham School.

SUSUMU YAMAUCHI is Professor of European Legal History at Hitotsubashi University (Faculty of Law). His publications include A History of Legal Conception of Looting: Man, War, and Law in Medieval and Early Modern Europe and The Crusades to the North.