toshi - Social & Cultural Studies 3

This book theorizes the role of media and ICT in today’s media-rich global environment and introduces a new argument of audience complexity in an accessible and lively fashion. Based on an ethnograp……続きを見る

This book asserts that the albatross was the reason for the advance of the Japanese into the isolated islands in the Pacific after the abolition of the Japanese “closed-door” policy that had been in……続きを見る

This book critically examines the term ‘religion’ (shūkyō) as a social category within the sociological context of contemporary Japan. Whereas the nineteenth-century construction of shūkyō has been ……続きを見る

This book is devoted to analyzing contemporary capitalism both in Japan and in the world economy by using the theoretical framework of the French régulation theory and by revisiting the theory of ci……続きを見る

This title examines the transformation of Japan's national economy. It employs the concept of the structure of accumulation composed of the organizations of labor, credit and markets. The postwar Ja……続きを見る

Decentralized policymaking power in Japan had developed under the reign of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), yet in the1990s, institutional changes fundamentally altered Japan's political landscap……続きを見る

This book revisits the long contested negotiation between the Thatcher administration and Nissan for the latter's first green-field plant in Europe. From the very beginning, the plant took Britain’s……続きを見る

Tomo II de III, La Campaña Libertadora de 1819, que concretó la independencia de la Nueva Granada de la corona española y abrió el espacio para que Simón Bolívar iniciara a materializar por medio de……続きを見る

La posición defensiva de Aguadulce estaba integrada por los batallones 5° de Cali, Colombia, Camacho, Ospina Rodríguez, Sánchez Parías, 21 de Palmira y la Legión Casablanca. Los movimientos prelimin……続きを見る

La Campaña Libertadora de 1819, que concretó la independencia de la Nueva Granada de la corona española y abrió el espacio para que Simón Bolívar iniciara a materializar por medio de la Gran Colombi……続きを見る

This book explores the unfolding of modernity in the greater Asia that uniquely takes shape at different times and places, with a particular attention to a common thread that has been at heart of th……続きを見る

Ninguno de los héroes nacionales aventaja en grandeza sacrifico y lealtad por la causa idnepenentista de la Nueva Granaa a la vida y la obra del prócer santafereño Antonio nariño Alvarez. Fue el pri……続きを見る

The Meji Japanese Who Made Modern Taiwan describes the story of Japan's involvement and administration of Taiwan in the pre-war era, with a focus on the period from 1895, when Taiwan was made a part……続きを見る

Intercultural Health Communication brings together the fields of health and intercultural research in new work from leading communication scholars. This book is based on two premises: neither health……続きを見る

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a veteran of the infamous Stonewall Riots, a former sex worker, and a transgender elder and activist who has survived Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Attica Prison, the HI……続きを見る

This book discusses ten grammatical items, with main focus on prepositions and plural nouns, to illustrate the structure of Japanese English or the English spoken by 32 Japanese nationals who are th……続きを見る

Traditionally, due to the availability of technology, psycholinguistic research has focused mainly on Western languages. However, this focus has recently shifted towards a more diverse range of lang……続きを見る

This treatise delves into the latest advancements in stochastic volatility models, highlighting the utilization of Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations for estimating model parameters and forecastin……続きを見る

This book describes a novel method for mortality modeling applying the shifting feature of the mortality curve. In Japan, the increase and pace of the extension in life expectancy have been quite re……続きを見る