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Tables of Contents for The Emptiness of Japanese Affluence
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword to the Revised Edition
vii
Introduction to the Revised Edition
xi
Photographs, Figures, Tables
xxxiii
Note on Japanese Names
xxxv
Yen-Dollar Exchange Rate
xxxvii
Foreword
xxxix
Acknowledgments
xlv
Introduction Tilting Toward the Millennium: Kobe and Beyond
3
22
Part One: Political Economy
The Construction State: The Pathology of the
25
53
Doken Kokka
The Leisure State: Work, Rest, and Consumption
78
35
The Farm State: GATTing Japan
113
40
Part Two: Identity
The Regional State: Asia and the Dilemmas of National Identity
153
32
The Peace State: Dilemmas of Power
185
40
Part Three: Memory
Remembering and Forgetting: The War, 1945--95
225
62
Concluding Remarks Japan at Century's End
287
12
Index
299