The most important Japanese politician of the late twentieth century! Tanaka, a corrupt populist politician from a humble background, helped shape Japanese politics of the period. Throws light on
Series: Critical Concepts in PhilosophyThis volume provides a valuable companion for students and researchers of European Comparative Law. Arranged alphabetically and cross-referenced, each entry pres
This expanded edition of Postwar Polish Poetry (which was originally published in 1965) presents 125 poems by 25 poets, including Czeslaw Milosz and other Polish poets living outside Poland. The stre
The period following World War II was marked by great social change as a result of the civil rights movement, the feminist movement, and the youth opposition to the Vietnam War. The threat of nuclear
Can the study of folklore survive brutal wars and nationalized misappropriations? Does folklore make sense in an age of fearsome technology? These are two of several questions this book addresses with
Psychologists, literary scholars, and historians in Germany and the US examine masculinity and masculine identity in German culture, society, and literature from 1945 to the present. They draw from a
This broad-ranging and original text provides an accessible introduction to British politics since 1945, challenging many well-established orthodoxies.
When World War II ended, Americans celebrated a military victory abroad, but the meaning of peace at home was yet to be defined. From roughly 1943 onward, building a postwar society became the new nat
Art, History, and Postwar Fiction explores the ways in which novelists responded to the visual arts from the aftermath of the Second World War to the present day. If art had long served as a foil to e
This broad-ranging and original text provides an accessible introduction to British politics since 1945, challenging many well-established orthodoxies.
