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An Introduction to Japanese Society

by Yoshio Sugimoto · 1997

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This revised edition has been updated to cover developments in the five years since the first edition was published. Yoshio Sugimoto challenges the traditional notion that Japan is an homogeneous society with few cultural and social disparities.

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sociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thisanthropologyanthropologyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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JapanJapanMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 330 pages

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