{"product_id":"making-japanese-citizens-simon-andrew-avenell-9780520262713","title":"Making Japanese Citizens: Civil Society and the Mythology of the Shimin in Postwar Japan","description":"\u003ci\u003eMaking Japanese Citizens \u003c\/i\u003eis an expansive history of the activists, intellectuals, and movements that played a crucial role in shaping civil society and civic thought throughout the broad sweep of Japan's postwar period. Weaving his analysis around the concept of \u003ci\u003eshimin\u003c\/i\u003e (citizen), Simon Avenell traces the development of a new vision of citizenship based on political participation, self-reliance, popular nationalism, and commitment to daily life. He traces civic activism through six phases: the cultural associations of the 1940s and 1950s, the massive U.S.-Japan Security Treaty protests of 1960, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the antipollution and antidevelopment protests of the 1960s and 1970s, movements for local government reform and the rise of new civic groups from the mid-1970s. This rich portrayal of activists and their ideas illuminates questions of democracy, citizenship, and political participation both in contemporary Japan and in other industrialized nations more generally.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Andrew Avenell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520262719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520262713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011","brand":"Simon Andrew Avenell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829299835135,"sku":"9780520262713","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3c1eb80-da5d-43fd-840c-74198ab5588b.jpg?v=1708450401","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-japanese-citizens-simon-andrew-avenell-9780520262713","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}