The peripheral centre : essays on Japanese history and civilization / Johann P. Arnason.
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Melbourne : Portland, Or. :
Trans Pacific Press ; Distributors, USA and Canada, International Specialized Book Services,
©2002.
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| Series: | Japanese society series.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the peripheral centre and its transformations
- East Asian approaches : region, history and civilization
- Comparing Japan : the return to Asia
- Is Japan a civilization sui generis?
- State formation in Japan and the West
- Elias in Japan : state formation, military elites and organized violence
- Multiple modernities and civilizational contexts : reflections on the Japanese experience
- Miracles and mirages : comparative perspectives on Japanese capitalism.