Bøger i Center for Japanese Studies, UC Berkeley serien

Offering a treatment of schools as 'moral communities,' the author calls for new, culturally sensitive definitions of moral and creative goals in children's education. He uses education as the entering wedge for a good understanding of Japanese society in general.

Provides a holistic perspective of a Japanese bank and its more than 3,000 employees. This book also deals with the separate recruitment, work, and leisure patterns of the bank's women employees. It is suitable for those specializing in Japan, and those interested in organizational behavior.

Presents a configuration of the important elements to be found in contemporary Japanese social life, and attempts to shed new light on Japanese society. The author deals with his own society as a social anthropologist using some of the methods which he was accustomed to applying in examining any other society.