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Voiced and Voiceless in Asia
This volume consists of 19 chapters that reflect the titular theme - Voiced and Voiceless in Asia - from a variety of angles, making use of diverse scholarly approaches and disciplines, while focusing specifically on China, India, Japan, and Taiwan. The chapters are broadly divided into two parts: (1) Politics and Society, and (2) Arts and Literature, although the texts included in the second part also deal with social themes. In addition to historical topics, such as Japanese colonialism or Chinese agricultural reforms in the 1950s, the volume also addresses current issues, including restrictive Chinese policies in Xinjiang, Japanese activist movements against gender-based violence and disc...
Japan’s Book Donation to the University of Louvain
With more than 3,000 titles in almost 14,000 volumes, the 1920s Japanese book donation to the University of Leuven/Louvain constitutes an invaluable time capsule of Japan’s pre-modern culture in all its diversity and richness. A century on, the time is right to take a new look at its contents, as well as its history and the political, social and cultural context surrounding the donation. To commemorate its centenary, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) and the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) have joined forces to set up a special exhibition under the title “Japan’s Book Donation to the University of Louvain. Japanese Cultural Identity and Modernity in the 1920s...
Nach dem Krieg ist vor dem Krieg
Japan war am Ersten Weltkrieg militärisch nur am Rande beteiligt. In den Massenmedien sowie in Politik, Militär, Bürokratie und Wissenschaft wurde dieser weltumspannende Konflikt jedoch genau beobachtet. Jan Schmidt zeigt in seiner Studie erstmals, wie der Erste Weltkrieg in Japan wahrgenommen wurde, wie sich aus diesem Erfahrungsraum ein neuer Zukunftshorizont für die Eliten des Landes eröffnete und wie deren Vorstellungen politisch umgesetzt wurden. Diese Diskurse - etwa zur Ordnung in Ostasien oder zur Vorbereitung auf einen zweiten Weltkrieg - bestimmten die politische Agenda der Zwischenkriegszeit.
The Battle for Brisingamen
There is a World not too far Away ... Beneath the north sea a land of magic lies undetected. The lives of many are drawn inexorably closer together in a race against time, as both energy companies and evil beings attempt to destroy the magic which is protecting not just this land but all worlds. The unwitting protagonists have no idea of how suddenly and irrevocably their lives are about to change. It is a race against time to try and recover the lost necklace, Brisingamen, which holds the ancient power of the Goddess Freya, and to prevent the undersea drilling from taking place. Are Aart, Matthias, Gemma and Dirck up to the challenges they now must face? Here there be Dragons, and all manne...
The Eyes of Freya
Bonnie Turner in her first novel tells the story of Freya Swenson, who was the daughter of Elsia and Leaf Swenson from ancient Norway. She worked the Nordic trade ships with her father and mother until the winter her mother died, and Freya's life was forever changed. Freya's kidnapping and murder sends a ripple in time that covers over 2000 years.
Little Black Book
"Sofie Valkiers is Belgium's best known fashion blogger and stylist. Her blog www.fashionata.com has been nominated several times by the Blog Awards. She also works for magazines and celebs. Which items of clothing should you combine and which certainly not? Which piece of clothing should every woman have in her wardrobe? What do you wear when you go out for dinner? How do you spice up your look? In her book, Sofie shares her passion for fashion and beauty. She shares with you her absolute must haves, and her online shopping tips and addresses. She gives away some of her beauty secrets and shows you how you can make your look complete!"--Publisher's description.
Prevention '80
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Borders of Belonging
Introduction : illegality and the immigrant family -- Belonging in the borderlands -- United yet divided : mixed-status family dynamics -- "Little lies" : disclosure and relationships beyond the family -- Estamos encerrados : im/mobilities in the borderlands -- Additional borders : education, work, and social mobility -- Unequal access : health and wellbeing -- Family separation : deportation, removal, and return -- Fixing papers : becoming legal
Failed Democratization in Prewar Japan
Failed Democratization in Prewar Japan presents a compelling case study on change in political regimes through its exploration of Japan's transition to democracy. Within a broad-ranging examination of Japan's "semi-democratic" political system from 1918 to 1932, when political parties tended to dominate the government, the book analyzes in detail why this system collapsed in 1932 and discusses the implications of the failure. By reference to comparable cases—prewar Argentina, prewar Germany, postwar Brazil, and 1980s Thailand—Harukata Takenaka reveals that the factors responsible for the breakdown of the Taisho democracy in Japan replicated those that precipitated the collapse of democracy in Europe, Latin America, and elsewhere in Asia. While most literature on these transitions focuses on successful cases, Takenaka explores democratic failure to answer questions about how and why political parties and their leaders can behave in ways that undermine the democratic institutions that serve as the basis for their formal authority.
