Description
| Product ID: | 9780141010007 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Dogs and Demons |
| Subtitle: | The Fall of Modern Japan |
| Authors: | Author: Alex Kerr |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Asian history, History, Economic history, Asian history, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Economic history, Japan, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The decades of Western adulation for the Japanese "economic miracle" failed to notice a key point - that in pursuit of this miracle, the Japanese had turned their country into a concrete shambles. This book describes the dazzling nature of Japanese culture and its ruination. The decades of Western adulation for the Japanese ''economic miracle'' failed to notice a key point: that in the pursuit of this miracle the Japanese had turned their country into a degraded, concrete shambles - a wilderness of bad planning, corruption and crowding. Now that the miracle is at an end and Japan seems set to remain in the economic doldrums it must become apparent to everyone that one of the world''s greatest cultures has ruined itself almost beyond repair. Alex Kerr''s wonderful book conveys vividly and furiously both the dazzling nature of Japanese culture and how the bureaucrats of a country he loves have poisoned and ruined it. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2002-05-30 |
