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Author : Yoneyuki Sugita
Release : 1999
Genre : Japan
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Book Synopsis The Limits of American Hegemony in Occupied Japan by : Yoneyuki Sugita
Download or read book The Limits of American Hegemony in Occupied Japan written by Yoneyuki Sugita. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yoneyuki Sugita
Release : 2003
Genre : Electronic books
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Book Synopsis Pitfall Or Panacea by : Yoneyuki Sugita
Download or read book Pitfall Or Panacea written by Yoneyuki Sugita. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Yoneyuki Sugita
Release : 2003-10-16
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Pitfall Or Panacea by : Yoneyuki Sugita
Download or read book Pitfall Or Panacea written by Yoneyuki Sugita. This book was released on 2003-10-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main purpose of this book is to shed light on the limitations of the American hegemony in occupied Japan. Previous studies share the assumption that the United States was in a near-monopoly position to shape the postwar development in Japan as well as in the Asia-Pacific region. The book goes on to modify the prevailing view that American hegemony not only eroded under its own weight, but was never absolute in any case. Japan, a former enemy, eventually became America's main regional ally in the Asia-Pacific region.
Author : Pedro Iacobelli
Release : 2017-11-22
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Rethinking Postwar Okinawa by : Pedro Iacobelli
Download or read book Rethinking Postwar Okinawa written by Pedro Iacobelli. This book was released on 2017-11-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume presents the latest multidisciplinary research that delves into developments related to contemporary Okinawa (a.k.a Ryukyu Islands), and also engages with contemporary debates on American hegemony and Empire in a larger geographical context. Okinawa, long viewed as a marginalized territory in larger historical processes, has been characterized solely by the U.S. military presence in the islands, despite having embraced a multiplicity of social and cultural transformations since the end of the Pacific War. In this timely academic revision of Okinawa, occurring at the time of numerous debates over the building of yet another military base in the island, this volume's contributors tell a story that situates Okinawa in the context of other militarized territories and thus, goes beyond the limits of Okinawa prefecture. Indeed, the book examines the ways in which studies on Okinawa have evolved, moving away from the direct problems brought by the establishment of foreign military bases. Previous studies have explicated how Okinawa has fallen prey to power politics of more dominant nations. In expanding on these themes, this volume examines the unique social and cultural dynamics of Okinawa and its people that had never been intended by the political authorities.
Author : Jolyon Baraka Thomas
Release : 2019-03-25
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Faking Liberties by : Jolyon Baraka Thomas
Download or read book Faking Liberties written by Jolyon Baraka Thomas. This book was released on 2019-03-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious freedom is a founding tenet of the United States, and it has frequently been used to justify policies towards other nations. Such was the case in 1945 when Americans occupied Japan following World War II. Though the Japanese constitution had guaranteed freedom of religion since 1889, the United States declared that protection faulty, and when the occupation ended in 1952, they claimed to have successfully replaced it with “real” religious freedom. Through a fresh analysis of pre-war Japanese law, Jolyon Baraka Thomas demonstrates that the occupiers’ triumphant narrative obscured salient Japanese political debates about religious freedom. Indeed, Thomas reveals that American occupiers also vehemently disagreed about the topic. By reconstructing these vibrant debates, Faking Liberties unsettles any notion of American authorship and imposition of religious freedom. Instead, Thomas shows that, during the Occupation, a dialogue about freedom of religion ensued that constructed a new global set of political norms that continue to form policies today.
