Japan: A Country Study

Area Handbook Series

by James Heitzman, Robert L. Worden (Editor)

Understand a particular foreign country through dynamic descriptions and analyses of its historical, social, environmental, economic, governmental, political, and national security systems and institutions.Particular attention is devoted to the people who make up the society, their origins, beliefs, interests, and their attitudes towards their social system and political order.

Each study is written by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists. This series is a recognized standard in the field.

610 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1996