An Introduction to Japanese Society

".""..this important introductory volume successfully portrays the variety, disparity, and complexity of Japanes society and culture. In addition, it provides useful sections on the ways different groups in Japan are controlled through coercive and ideological means. Well written and orderly in its presentation, this introductory text is absed on a wide-ranging reading of research and scholarship on contemporary Japan.... In sum, I highly recommend this introductory textbook on Japan for the complex picture it depicts, for its secure foundation in contemporary scholarship, and for its clear and accessible style."" Eyal Ben-Ari, Jrnl of Japanese Studies ""Sugimoto's book would be a fine supplementary text for any undergrdaute or graduate course on Japan."" William Nester, Asian Thought and Society"