Japan and Germany under the U.S. Occupation: A Comparative Analysis of Post-War Education Reform (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780739128107)

Japan and Germany under the U.S. Occupation explores the reconstruction of education in both countries after World War II. In Japan large-scale reforms were undertaken swiftly after the nation's surrender, whereas in the U.S. Zone of Germany most of the traditional aspects of education were maintained. Masako Shibata argues that differences in the role of the university and in the pattern of elite formation, traceable back to the beginnings of Meiji Japan and the Kaiserreich created the conditions for the diverging approaches of the Japanese and German leaders to the adoption of foreign educational patterns during the Occupation.

Author: Masako Shibata
ISBN-10: 0739128108
ISBN-13: 9780739128107
Publisher: Lexington Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2008
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.93h x 6.07w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 233