The Renaissance of Takefu: How People and the Local Past Changed the Civic Life of a Regional Japanese Town
This book tells the story of a citizen group through the example and results of their participation in local civic life. The book draws attention to the complicated conditions under which civic participation may succeed. The story is about the individuals and organizations in the regional Japanese town of Takefu, but these events are also placed in the context of the surrounding Japanese Sea region of west Japan and the wider currents of the Japanese nation-state at the time. Also inlcludes maps.
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The Renaissance of Takefu: How People and the Local Past Changed the Civic Life of a Regional Japanese Town
This book tells the story of a citizen group through the example and results of their participation in local civic life. The book draws attention to the complicated conditions under which civic participation may succeed. The story is about the individuals and organizations in the regional Japanese town of Takefu, but these events are also placed in the context of the surrounding Japanese Sea region of west Japan and the wider currents of the Japanese nation-state at the time. Also inlcludes maps.
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The Renaissance of Takefu: How People and the Local Past Changed the Civic Life of a Regional Japanese Town

The Renaissance of Takefu: How People and the Local Past Changed the Civic Life of a Regional Japanese Town

by Guven Peter Witteveen
The Renaissance of Takefu: How People and the Local Past Changed the Civic Life of a Regional Japanese Town
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The Renaissance of Takefu: How People and the Local Past Changed the Civic Life of a Regional Japanese Town

The Renaissance of Takefu: How People and the Local Past Changed the Civic Life of a Regional Japanese Town

by Guven Peter Witteveen

Overview

This book tells the story of a citizen group through the example and results of their participation in local civic life. The book draws attention to the complicated conditions under which civic participation may succeed. The story is about the individuals and organizations in the regional Japanese town of Takefu, but these events are also placed in the context of the surrounding Japanese Sea region of west Japan and the wider currents of the Japanese nation-state at the time. Also inlcludes maps.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415933704
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/30/2003
Series: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface 1. Renewal, Local History and Politics 2. The Place of the Past in Takefu 3. Concerned about the Future of the Past 4. Smokescreens and Stonewalls in the Art Museum Affair 5. The Significance of Japanese Civil Society 6. Takefu's Civil Society in Renaissance Appendix A Appendix B Bibliography
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