Towards Japan : a personal journey / by Arthur Stockwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stockwin, J. A. A. (James Arthur Ainscow), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stockwin, J. A. A. (James Arthur Ainscow)--Homes and haunts--Japan.

Stockwin, J. A. A.

Japanologists--Great Britain--Biography.

Japanologists.

Japan--History--21st century.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 262 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Folkestone, Kent : Renaissance Books, 2020.

Summary:

Former Professor of Modern Japanese Studies at Oxford, Arthur Stockwin explores his personal journey from being the son of medical/dental parents in Birmingham, England, to becoming a specialist in the politics and modern history of Japan, while reflecting on his personal experiences of Japan and assessing its current and possible future condition.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

1 Origins

2 Schooldays

3 A Long Wide Road

4 From One Life to Another

5 National Service: Learning Russian

6 Out with Religion, in with Politics

7 More Distant Fields

8 Meeting with Japan

9 Trying to Write a Thesis

10 Back to Australia

11 The 1970s: A Surprising Decade

12 Old Country, New Country

13 Affliction and Accomplishment

14 The Twenty-first Century

15 What Future for Japan?

16 By Way of a Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-04-077540-3

1-003-70843-9

1-04-078496-8

1-912961-11-3

9781003708438

OCLC:

1195452089