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This book challenges the widespread belief that overzealous Americans forced unnecessary script reforms on an unprepared, unenthusiastic, but helpless Japan dur
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Japanese writing intermingles three different sets of characters, making it difficult to adapt to new technology. This book looks at why the Japanese have not r
Literacy and Script Reform in Occupation Japan
Language: en
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Authors: J. Marshall Unger
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1996 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Although the United States Education Mission recommended that the Japanese give serious consideration to the introduction of alphabetic writing, key American of
Kanji Politics
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Authors: Nanette Gottlieb
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First Published in 1995. The nature of the Japanese script has been a matter of contention since the early Meiji period. It was not until 1902, however, that th
Language and the Modern State
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Authors: Nanette Gottlieb
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Originally published in 1991, this book examines the process whereby a modern colloquial style of written Japanese was developed in the context of the overall m