White, Merry

Merry Isaacs White is Professor of Anthropology at Boston University. She is the author of "The Japanese Educational Challenge: A Commitment to Children "(1987), "The Japanese Overseas: Can They Go Home Again? "(1986), and "The Material Child: Coming of Age in Japan and America "(California, 1993) and coeditor of "Comparing Cultures: Readings for Writers on Contemporary America and Japan "(1996).