Mark Caprio (ed.)

Democracy in Occupied Japan

The U.S. Occupation and Japanese Politics and Society
Herausgeber: Caprio, Mark E; Sugita, Yoneyuki

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Produktbeschreibung

With expert contributions from both the US and Japan, this book examines the legacies of the US Occupation on Japanese politics and society, and discusses the long-term impact of the Occupation on contemporary Japan.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 168mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780415415897
• ISBN-10: 0415415896
• Artikelnr.: 21639672

Autorenporträt

Mark E. Caprio is a member of the Department of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University. Yoneyuki Sugita is Associate Professor of American History at Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The U.S. Occupation of Japan: A Secondary Affair: Innovation,
Continuity and Compromise 1. Feeding the Nation: Food Policy, Land Reform,
and Japan's Economic Recovery 2. Occupation Policy and Japanese Fisheries
Management, 1945-1952 3. Protective Labor Legislation and Gender Equality:
The Impact of the Occupation on Japanese Working Women 4. The Impact of the
Occupation on Crime in Japan 5. Education Reform and History Textbooks in
Occupied Japan 6. Universal Health Insurance: The Unfinished Reform of
Japan's Healthcare System 7. Resident Aliens: Forging the Political Status
of Koreans in Occupied Japan 8. Occupation Policy and Postwar Sino-Japanese
Relations: Severing Economic Ties 9. A Secondary Affair: United States
Economic Foreign Policy and Japan, 1945-1968