10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOKKAIDO»
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Hokkaido in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Hokkaido and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hokkaido: A History of Ethnic Transition and Development on ...
"This work describes the culture of Japan's northern island, Hokkaido, and its aboriginal people, the Ainu, and recounts the appearances of explorers and ethnic Japanese.
2
A Yankee in
Hokkaido: The Life of William Smith Clark
A biography of diplomat William Smith Clark, an exponent of the modernization of Japan in the nineteenth century and founder of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
John McGilvrey Maki,
1996
3
Dominant Narratives of Colonial
Hokkaido and Imperial Japan: ...
Michele M. Mason recasts the commonly dismissed colonial project pursued in Hokkaido during the Meiji era (1868-1912) as a major force in the production of modern Japan's national identity, imperial ideology, and empire.
4
Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan
Nor had anyone hitchhiked the length of Japan. But, heady on sakura and sake, Will Ferguson bet he could do both. The resulting travelogue is one of the funniest and most illuminating books ever written about Japan.
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Ainu Schools and Education Policy in Nineteenth-century ...
After the Meiji Restoration (1868), legal distinctions between Ainu and Japanese were erased, and the use of Ainu language translators banned.
Christopher J. Frey,
2007
6
Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, Economy, and Society
For example, the average Ianuary temperatures vary from about IO degrees
Fahrenheit in northern Hokkaido to 45 degrees in southernmost Kyushu. In
summer, high temperatures and high humidity make much of Japan sultry, and
many ...
Alternatively, the JR Hokkaido Round Tour Pass (Hokkaido Furii Pasu) can be
used by anyone (including Japanese and foreigners living in Japan) and can be
purchased in Hokkaido and at major JR stations nationwide. Allowing unlimited ...
8
Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan
Stalin's Order to Occupy Hokkaido and the Southern Kurils Historians tend to
treat Stalin's demand for the northern half of Hokkaido as a bargaining ploy.45
But Stalin was dead serious about the Hokkaido operation. Shortly before or ...
9
Cretaceous Cephalopoda from the
Hokkaido
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: .
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Handbook of Cultural Psychology
Kitayama, Ishii, and colleagues (2006) thus examined Hokkaido—a northern
island of Japan—as a natural experiment for testing the voluntary settlement
hypothesis. This island had been intensively settled since the 1870s over several
...
Shinobu Kitayama, Dov Cohen,
2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOKKAIDO»
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Hokkaido is used in the context of the following news items.
OUT OF PLAY: Tournament revived in 1946 while ace pitcher sits on …
In 1933, his team sailed through the national tournament's preliminary round for eastern Hokkaido to qualify for the second preliminary round ... «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
Typhoon 11W (Nangka), # 40: Iwakuni in TCCOR Storm Watch …
It should then curve sharply northeast and die out over southeastern Hokkaido late Sunday. Iwakuni remains in Tropical Cyclone Condition of ... «Stars and Stripes, Jul 15»
Minimum take-home wage level now exceeds welfare benefits in all …
The gap was the lowest in Hokkaido, at ¥9. But if fiscal 2013 data are used also for minimum wages, Hokkaido saw welfare benefits top the ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
Satoru Iwata (From Herald Scotland)
He was born in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido. His interest in electronics took him to the Tokyo Institute of ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
Matsuda, Lee carry Hawks past Fighters | The Japan Times
OBIHIRO, HOKKAIDO – Nobuhiro Matsuda's three-run, seventh-inning home run broke up a tie game as the Pacific League-leading Fukuoka ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»
Selfie-stick backlash spreads - The Japan News
Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, has not banned the sticks, but said if visitors try to poke them into cages to photograph animals, they ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»
Scrambles against China aircraft surge - The Japan News
Many of them were reconnaissance planes engaged in missions in areas over the Sea of Japan and around the Hokkaido Prefecture.Speech ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»
Portland Japanese Garden will close for large expansion project …
Stones at its base suggest the shape of the island of Hokkaido. Red stone represents Sapporo. The lantern is one of the first objects you see ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
Artisanal ice lollies the latest Hong Kong dessert trend | South China …
Yung has eight to 10 flavours available at the shop each day, with four core flavours — strawberry Hokkaido milk, Earl Grey pistachio, cheesy ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
Kaido Creative: Hokkaido-Style In New Zealand
Combine an omnipresent train of creative thought with a bonafide fetish for the oblique world of Japan's kaido racer subset, mix in a dash – well ... «Speedhunters, Jul 15»