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Title: Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Japan.(Book review)
Author: James L. Huffman
Publication: The Historian (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 68Issue: 3Page: 610(2)

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Historian, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2006. The length of the article is 538 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Japan.(Book review)
Author: Margaret Mehl
Publication: The Historian (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 68Issue: 4Page: 853(3)

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Chapters: List of Mountains and Hills of Japan by Height, List of Prefectural Capitals in Japan, Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, Akan National Park, Tokachi Volcanic Group, Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, Abashiri Quasi-National Park, Seismicity of the Sanriku Coast, Shirakami-Sanchi, Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park, Daisetsuzan National Park, Shiretoko National Park, Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park, Saikai National Park, Minami Alps National Park, Shikotsu-Tōya National Park, Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-Ji Area, Shimokita Hanto Quasi-National Park, Tsugaru Quasi-National Park, Hokuriku Region, Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park, Hidaka Sanmyaku-Erimo Quasi-National Park, Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park, Rinnō-Ji, Hakusan National Park, Rikuchu Kaigan National Park, National Government Parks, Takino Suzuran Hillside National Government Park, Mainland Japan, Japan Trench, Mino District, Shimane, Setonaikai National Park, Nikkō National Park, Kirishima-Yaku National Park, Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park, Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park, Saikazaki, Japanese Archipelago, Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park, Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park, Meiji No Mori Takao Quasi-National Park, Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds, Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park, Kōjima, Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park, Sanin Kaigan National Park, Minuma-Ku, Saitama, Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park, Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park, Yoshino-Kumano National Park, Chubu-Sangaku National Park, Nagakubo-Shuku, Daisen-Oki National Park, Towada-Hachimantai National Park, Teragaike, Jōshin'etsu Kōgen National Park, Hokurikudō, Aso Kujū National Park, Ise-Shima National Park, Seba-Juku, Ogasawara National Park, Unzen-Amakusa National Park, Sakamoto-S...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3725555 ... Read more

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Interesting, but outdated
The first edition of this book was in 1983; the second in 1990. Although the information on climate and agriculture is still relevant, I can guarantee the industrial sector in Japan is nowhere near where it was 20 years ago.

Missing in this book, then, is information on the "Lost Decade," the 1993 Kobe earthquake, the bursting of the real estate bubble in 1989, and ... (I'm trying to think of some other things) the effects of the 2002 World Cup on development.There's a lot of Japan's most modern history that's been left out.

If there was an updated version of this book somewhere, I'd recommend that.Unless, of course, you want an early 80's view of Japan, in which case this one's perfect. ... Read more

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Chapters: Geography of Hokkaidō, Geography of Nagasaki, Geography of Tokyo, Regions of Japan, Subdivisions of Japan, Prefectures of Japan, List of Towns in Japan, Bonin Islands, Karafuto Prefecture, City Designated by Government Ordinance, Special Wards of Tokyo, Government of Japan, Core City, Subprefectures in Hokkaidō, Sendagaya, Special Cities of Japan, Shiretoko Peninsula, Odaiba, Sensō-Ji, Shiodome, Wards of Japan, Tama River, Gokishichidō, Municipalities of Japan, Sōunkyō, Subprefectures of Japan, Tokyo Bay, Kitamatsuura Peninsula, Districts of Japan, San'indō, Parks and Gardens in Tokyo, Mount Takao, San'yōdō, Tōkaidō, Villages of Japan, Nankaidō, Nishitama District, Tokyo, List of Regions of Japan, Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, San'yō Region, Lake Okutama, Tōsandō, San'in Region, Kappabashi-Dori, Shakujii River, Hokurikudō, Nanpō Islands, Mount Mitake, Central Highland, Cape Erimo, Shinjuku Golden Gai, Tenjin Zaka, Hamamatsuchō, Tsurumi River. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 207. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Districts The prefectures of Japan are the country's 47 subnational jurisdictions: one "metropolis" ( to), Tokyo; one "circuit" ( d), Hokkaid; two urban prefectures ( fu), Osaka and Kyoto; and 43 other prefectures ( ken). In Japanese, they are commonly referred to as todfuken ). Prefectures are governmental bodies larger than cities, towns, and villages. The chief executive of each prefecture is a directly elected governor chiji). Ordinances and budgets are enacted by a single-chamber assembly gikai) whose elected members serve four-year terms. Under the current Local Autonomy Law, each prefecture is further subdivided into cities ( shi) and districts ( gun). Each district is further subdivided into towns ( ch or machi) and villages ( son o...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=74517 ... Read more

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Sakura Yamamoto, a girl from Japan, will soon join Allison s third-grade class. Allison and her classmates excitedly learn about Sakura s country so that they can help her feel welcome in the United States. They discover that modern Japan produces high-quality electronics and treasures the game of baseball. However, many ancient traditions like the Shinto religion, sumo wrestling, and taiko drumming maintain importance in this country made of 4,000 islands. The formal clothing, art, holiday customs, and food of Japan carry special meanings that honor nature, happiness, hard work, and long life. The traditional clear soup and koi-nobori decorating Allison s classroom will help Sakura feel at home! ... Read more

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Examines the geography, history, culture, and people of Japan. ... Read more

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The volume opens with a detailed autobiographical sketch of the author's original 'meeting with Japan', which began in 1961after taking up a post at ANU, Canberra (the result of a successful response to an advert in the Manchester Guardian). After twenty-one years in Australia, Arthur Stockwin moved back to the UK to take the chair of the then recently-established Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies. He was to be in post there also for twenty one years, his retirement coinciding with publication of his Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan (Routledge, 2003). ... Read more

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Introduces the people, culture, weather, landscapes, and cities of Italy. ... Read more

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This reference introduces the significance of the natural environment in Japan's ancient culture, in its modern society, and in its future political agendas. It covers nature as a formative phenomenon in Japanese history, religion, philosophy and art; the modern history of Japan's enviromental problems and its successes and failures with dealing with them; the state of Japan's natural enviroment today, how it has been transformed and how this transformation reflects the cultural nexus; the country's grassroots enviromental movements and their sociopolitical significance; and Japan's political culture and the forces which are currently poised to revolutionise the country's official position on the enviroment. It includes personal interviews with specialists from goverment, industry, NGO's and academia. ... Read more