...This book has explored the history of growth and its deployment in postwar Japan as a policy solution to what were commonly perceived as the ills of Japanese capitalism, along with its technical foundations within social science. It has linked the rise of growthism to the far-reaching changes...

... Mass Observation Minzoku to Rekishi no Hakken The Discovery of History and the Nation Ishimoda opacity Rockefeller Foundation Japan kyōyō individual self cultivation philosophical youth tetsugaku seinen philosophy pragmatism social science World War II WWII circle movement Tsurumi Kazuko...

... in nations around the world. The discusses the ways in which changes in social science contributed to Japanese forms of postwar growthism; the political harnessing of the growthist ideal to articulate a domestic vision of national postwar purpose; and efforts made by growth publicists to expand Japanese...

...This chapter addresses the following question: What is Pacific Studies? The purpose is not to exclude any past or current work being done on the Pacific, but to consolidate some of the extant and latent strengths of humanities and social science work in the Pacific. It notes that over the last half...