First Published in 1987. Japan’s surrender on 15 August 1945 was an unprecedented event in Japanese history. The shift from the life of hunger to the life of

"This book is a political and cultural history of the early postwar Japan aiming at exploring how the perception and cultural values of everyday life in the cou

This book is a political and cultural history of the early postwar Japan aiming at exploring how the perception and cultural values of everyday life in the coun

Historical surveys of postwar Japan are usually established on the grounds that the era is already over, interpreting "postwar" to be the years directly proceed

Examines the social, cultural, and political underpinnings of Japan's postwar and post-industrial trajectories.