Reasonable Men, Powerful Words traces the development of political culture in twentieth-century Japan through a social and intellectual biography of six Japanese economists who influenced national political life in significant ways. The global ascendance of social scientists is one of the defining characteristics of modernity. They dedicated themselves to an extraordinary range of public policies, including eliminating poverty, reducing disparities of wealth, reshaping the relationship between government and citizen, building a strong economy devoid of a military component, and creating an educated and politically active populace in Japan.
| ISBN: | 9780520243477 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2005 |
| Author: | Laura Elizabeth Hein |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 345 pages |
| Series: | Twentieth-Century Japan |
| Genres: |
Economic history Asian history |
Reasonable Men, Powerful Words traces the development of political culture in twentieth-century Japan through a social and intellectual biography of six Japanese economists who influenced national political life in significant ways. The global ascendance of social scientists is one of the defining characteristics of modernity.
Reasonable Men, Powerful Words features in the following genres: Economic history, Asian history
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Reasonable Men, Powerful Words was written by Laura Elizabeth Hein and published by University of California Press
Reasonable Men, Powerful Words has 345 pages
Yes it is part of Twentieth-Century Japan series