Towards Japan : a personal journey
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Towards Japan : a personal journey
Renaissance Books, 2020
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Distinguished author and former Professor of Modern Japanese Studies at Oxford, Arthur Stockwin here explores his personal journey from being the son of medical/dental parents in Birmingham, England, to becoming a specialist in the politics and modern history of Japan, while at the same time reflecting on his considerable personal experiences of Japan and assessing its current and possible future condition.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Origins
2 Schooldays
3 A Long Wide Road
4 From One Life to Another
5 National Service: Learning Russian
6 Out with Religion, in with Politics
7 More Distant Fields
8 Meeting with Japan
9 Trying to Write a Thesis
10 Back to Australia
11 The 1970s: A Surprising Decade
12 Old Country, New Country
13 Affliction and Accomplishment
14 The Twenty-first Century
15 What Future for Japan?
16 By Way of a Conclusion
Index
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