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Embracing defeat : Japan in the wake of World War II / John W. Dower.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393046869
- Physical Description: 676 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co./New Press, c1999.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [565]-650) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. Victor and vanquished -- ch. 1. Shattered lives -- ch. 2. Gifts from heaven -- pt. 2. Transcending despair -- ch. 3. Kyodatsu: exhaustion and despair -- ch. 4. Cultures of defeat -- ch. 5. Bridges of language -- pt. 3. Revolutions -- ch. 6. Neocolonial revolution -- ch. 7. Embracing revolution -- ch. 8. Making revolution -- pt. 4. Democracies -- ch. 9. Imperial democracy: driving the wedge -- ch. 10. Imperial democracy: descending partway from heaven -- ch. 11. Imperial democracy: evading responsibility -- ch. 12. Constitutional democracy: GHQ writes a new national charter -- ch. 13. Constitutional democracy: Japanizing the American draft -- ch. 14. Censored democracy: policing the new taboos -- pt. 5. Guilts -- ch. 15. Victor's justice, loser's justice -- ch. 16. What do you tell the dead when you lose? -- pt. 6. Reconstructions -- ch. 17. Engineering growth. |
| Target Audience Note: | Adult |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Japan > History > 1945- |
| Topic Heading: | Pulitzer Prize - General Non-Fiction/2000 |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | 952.04 DOWER (Text) | 32544072765844 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | 952.04 DOW (Text)
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| Bethel Public Library | 952.04 DOWER (Text) | 34030081504919 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | 952.04 D746e (Text) | 34000071629307 | Closed Stacks Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | 952.04 DOW (Text) | 34014080696801 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Chester Public Library | 952.04 DOW (Text) | 33210000097184 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| Douglas Library of Hebron | 952.04 DOW (Text) | 31234000425635 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | 952.04 DOWER (Text) | 34026080742369 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
