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From Allies to Enemies: Spain, Japan and the Axis in World War II
ISBN: 9789811984723 / Angielski / Twarda / 269 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To understand the turnaround in Spain’s stance towards Japan during World War II, this book goes beyond mutual contacts and explains through images, representations, and racism why Madrid aimed at declaring war on Japan but not against the III Reich -as London ironically replied when it learned of Spain’s warmongering against one of the Axis members.
To understand the turnaround in Spain’s stance towards Japan during World War II, this book goes beyond mutual contacts and explains through images,...
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522,07 |
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Japan Occupied: Survival of Academic Freedom
ISBN: 9789811985812 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book documents Japan's psychological deterioration caused by its defeat in August 1945. Also, Japan’s traumatic transformation from authoritarianism to democracy is detailed.The study exposes an ideological war between the Soviet Union and the USA within American-occupied Japan, which triggered violent polarization among the Japanese. Under General MacArthur’s tutorage, the defeated Japanese were expected to become a peace-loving people, but the Cold War derailed Japan’s progress toward freedom and democracy. The “Red Purge,” instituted by MacArthur's Headquarters (GHQ) from...
This book documents Japan's psychological deterioration caused by its defeat in August 1945. Also, Japan’s traumatic transformation from authoritari...
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522,07 |
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Reorienting the Pure Land: Nisei Buddhism in the Transwar Years, 1943-1965
ISBN: 9780824894306 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Post–World War II historical developments, including Japanese American resettlement, the U.S. occupation of Japan, the Cold War, and decolonization in an emerging "Third World," created both a climate of uncertainty and possibility for the future of Japanese American Buddhism in the United States. As both a racial minority and as adherents of a non-Christian religious tradition with roots in Asia, Nikkei Buddhists faced distinct challenges in asserting their religion as part of their ethnic heritage. Adaptations associated with Nisei Buddhism sought to prioritize cultural assimilation as...
Post–World War II historical developments, including Japanese American resettlement, the U.S. occupation of Japan, the Cold War, and decolonization ...
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280,01 |
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Reorienting the Pure Land: Nisei Buddhism in the Transwar Years, 1943-1965
ISBN: 9780824895532 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Post–World War II historical developments, including Japanese American resettlement, the U.S. occupation of Japan, the Cold War, and decolonization in an emerging "Third World," created both a climate of uncertainty and possibility for the future of Japanese American Buddhism in the United States. As both a racial minority and as adherents of a non-Christian religious tradition with roots in Asia, Nikkei Buddhists faced distinct challenges in asserting their religion as part of their ethnic heritage. Adaptations associated with Nisei Buddhism sought to prioritize cultural assimilation as...
Post–World War II historical developments, including Japanese American resettlement, the U.S. occupation of Japan, the Cold War, and decolonization ...
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106,17 |
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Japoneries d\'automne
ISBN: 9783967879834 / Francuski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,83 |
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History and Regional Area Studies of Hachioji: Tokyo's Western Frontier
ISBN: 9789811661808 / Angielski / Miękka / 109 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks at the case study of Hachioji as a major transit hub with a world-class public transportation system in Japan. It tracks how Tokyo slowly expands into its suburban, rural or sub-rural districts. It also wants to profile the multiple identities of a city that is simultaneously an ecological asset, a heritage locale in addition to a logistics hub. The volume is probably the first of its kind to analyze the western sector of the largest city in the world.
This book looks at the case study of Hachioji as a major transit hub with a world-class public transportation system in Japan. It tracks how Tokyo slo...
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261,02 |
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Mamiya\'s Maps: A Samurai Explores Sakhalin
ISBN: 9789916413081 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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56,83 |
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Japanese Yokai and Other Supernatural Beings: Authentic Paintings and Prints of 100 Ghosts, Demons, Monsters and Magicians
ISBN: 9784805317150 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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113,99 |
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Flying Rabbits and Blue Traffic Lights: Japanese You Didn't Know You Wanted to Know
ISBN: 9781773421018 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,95 |
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The Shogun's Soldiers: Volume 2 - The Daily Life of Samurai and Soldiers in Edo Period Japan, 1603–1721
ISBN: 9781804512500 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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175,71 |
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Globalizing the Soybean: Fat, Feed, and Sometimes Food, c. 1900–1950
ISBN: 9781032185767 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Globalizing the Soybean asks how the soybean conquered the West and analyzes why and how the crop gained entry into agriculture and industry in regions beyond Asia in the first half of the twentieth century.
Globalizing the Soybean asks how the soybean conquered the West and analyzes why and how the crop gained entry into agriculture and industry in region...
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603,49 |
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Art and Activism in the Nuclear Age: Exploring the Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
ISBN: 9781032340678 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the contemporary legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki following the passage of three quarters of a century, and the role of art and activism in maintaining a critical perspective on the dangers of the nuclear age.
This book explores the contemporary legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki following the passage of three quarters of a century, and the role of art and act...
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651,77 |
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Kaleidoscope: The Uchiyama Bookstore and its Sino-Japanese Visionaries
ISBN: 9789888769643 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,84 |
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War Memory and East Asian Conflicts, 1930–1945
ISBN: 9783031239175 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores how narratives, exhibitions, media representations, and cultural heritage sites that communicate memories of conflicts in East Asia between 1930 and 1945 spread, interact, and are re-packaged for post-war audiences across national divisions. The contributors examine individual case studies of grassroots engagement with war memory, and collectively demonstrate the necessity of remaining aware of the researcher as participating in another kind of engagement with war memory.Contributions showcase a number of ways of doing research on war memory, alongside case studies from...
This book explores how narratives, exhibitions, media representations, and cultural heritage sites that communicate memories of conflicts in East Asia...
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602,40 |
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The Book of Five Rings: Five Scrolls Describing the True Principles Required for Victory
ISBN: 9781805470588 / Angielski / Miękka / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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49,37 |
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Reading the Kimono in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature and Film
ISBN: 9780824892937 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Often considered an exotic garment of "traditional Japan," the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in literature and film throughout the twentieth century. Reading the Kimono is the first extended study to offer new ways of interpreting textual and visual narratives through "kimono language"--what these garments communicate within their literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Kimonos on the page and screen do much more than create verisimilitude or function as one-dimensional symbols. They go beyond simply indicating the wearer’s age,...
Often considered an exotic garment of "traditional Japan," the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in lit...
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280,01 |
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Reading the Kimono in Twentieth-Century Japanese Literature and Film
ISBN: 9780824892951 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Often considered an exotic garment of "traditional Japan," the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in literature and film throughout the twentieth century. Reading the Kimono is the first extended study to offer new ways of interpreting textual and visual narratives through "kimono language"--what these garments communicate within their literary, historical, and cultural contexts. Kimonos on the page and screen do much more than create verisimilitude or function as one-dimensional symbols. They go beyond simply indicating the wearer’s age,...
Often considered an exotic garment of "traditional Japan," the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in lit...
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106,17 |
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Yasuke: Fluency 6
ISBN: 9780008624767 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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53,05 |
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Road to Surrender: Three Men and the Countdown to the End of World War II
ISBN: 9780593743874 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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114,03 |