{"product_id":"japans-postwar-history-9780801489129","title":"Japan's Postwar History","description":"\u003cp\u003eReviews of the first edition \"Allinson promises a comprehensive synthesis... that integrates analysis of political  economic and social topics....This book deserves a prominent place on any reading list in modern Japanese studies... and could well prove indispensable for teaching about Japan.\"English Historical Review \"A solid achievement in the study of postwar Japan.... A lucid analyses of the very complex workings of economic and political institutions and the broadest features of social change across six decades from the 1930s to the 1990s.\"Journal of Asian Studies \"Allinson guides his readers through the political  social  and economic changes... that lead Japan to its present world position....This... finely-crafted book should be read by any American who wants to make the effort to understand contemporary Japan.\"Choice \"Teachers have long awaited a first-rate history of postwar Japan. Gary Allinson has made the wait worthwhile. His book is a well-conceived  clearly written  and insightful survey of the period.... Its publication not only gives us a fine teaching tool  but also provides a useful summary of the progress in the field of postwar Japanese history.\"The Historian \"Japans Postwar History includes a chronology  list of postwar prime ministers  and suggested readings in the English language. It uses examples from literature in order to introduce students to the large body of translated works and to create  together with the use of vignettes  more vivid impressions of living conditions during a period. Moreover  it argues against certain popular stereotypes and stresses the need to appreciate the continuities between postwar and prewar Japan.\"Canadian Journal of History Japans Postwar History is the only book that provides an integrated analysis of Japans social  political  and economic history from 1932 until the present day. Gary D. Allinson has substantially updated his work for a second edition that takes Japan from the bursting of the economic bubble through the long recession of the 1990s and up to 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646649557045,"sku":"ByrdShop_0801489121","price":27.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780801489129.jpg?v=1781676739","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/japans-postwar-history-9780801489129","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}