Japan and Germany under the U.S. occupation : a comparative analysis of post-war education reform / Masako Shibata.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shibata, Masako, 1961-

Series:

Studies of modern Japan

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Japan--History--20th century.

Education.

Japan.

History.

Education--Germany--History--20th century.

Germany.

Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan.

Reconstruction (1939-1951).

Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany.

Comparative education.

Physical Description:

xviii, 213 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2005]

Summary:

Japan and Germany under the U.S. Occupation explores the reconstruction of education in both countries after World War II. In Japan large-scale reforms were undertaken swiftly after the nation's surrender, whereas in the U.S. Zone of Germany most of the traditional aspects of education were maintained. Masako Shibata argues that differences in the role of the university and in the pattern of elite formation, traceable back to the beginnings of Meiji Japan and the Kaiserreich created the conditions for the diverging approaches of the Japanese and German leaders to the adoption of foreign educational patterns during the Occupation.

Contents:

State formation, the state education system, and elite formation in Meiji Japan

State formation, the state education system, and elite formation in the German Kaiserreich

The occupation reform in Japan, 1945-1952

The occupation reform in the US zone of Germany, 1945-1949.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-201) and index.

ISBN:

0739111493

OCLC:

58468176