The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies [Hardcover]

A welcome addition to any reading list for those interested in contemporary Japanese society.
- Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Society, University of Oxford

I know no better book for an accessible and up-to-date introduction to this complex subject than The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japan Studies.
- Hiroko Takeda, Associate Professor, Organization for Global Japanese Studies, University of Tokyo

Pioneering and nuanced in analysis, yet highly accessible and engaging in style.
- Yoshio Sugimoto, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University

The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies includes outstanding contributions from a diverse group of leading academics from across the globe. This volume is designed to serve as a major interdisciplinary reference work and a seminal text, both rigorous and accessible, to assist students and scholars in understanding one of the major nations of the world.

James D. Babb is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University.

 

A cutting edge and cross-disciplinary exploration of the broad field of Japanese Studies. An international team of experts explore land, history and culture, society, medicine, the economy, and politics and foreign relations.

The chapters in this handbook each provide concise, up-to-date and highly accessible accounts of the state of the academic field - and how it is likely to develop -lã¦