An empire of schools : Japan's universities and the molding of a national power elite / Robert L. Cu...
An empire of schools : Japan's universities and the molding of a national power elite / Robert L. Cu...
An empire of schools : Japan's universities and the molding of a national power elite / Robert L. Cutts ; foreword by Chalmers Johnson.
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Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1997.
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N378.52135/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xv, 268 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Foreword / Chalmers Johnson -- Ch. 1. If There Is a God, He Went to Todai -- Ch. 2. First Principles: The Society -- Ch. 3. First Principles: The Individual -- Ch. 4. The Ivory Basement -- Ch. 5. A Tale of Two Citizens -- Ch. 6. The Leisure Class -- Ch. 7. Who's on Top: The Women Elites -- Ch. 8. Fa...
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Publisher
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
Describing an educational system that has been left fundamentally unchanged since the Meiji Empire, Cutts depicts the elites who graduate from the system, describes what ethical philosophy is imparted to those graduates, and warns of the dangers of nationalist elitism that arise from the system. Filled with personal anecdotes as well as critical in...
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An empire of schools : Japan's universities and the molding of a national power elite / Robert L. Cutts ; foreword by Chalmers Johnson.
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"An East gate book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c1997.
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N378.52135/1
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ISBN
1563248433 (alk. paper)
9781563248436 (alk. paper)
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378.52135
MMS ID
991004767599702626
