Ideology and Libraries California, Diplomacy, and Occupied Japan, 1945-1952 |
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| Author:
| Buckland, Michael K. |
| As told to:
| Takayama, Masaya |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5381-4314-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2020 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $105.00 |
Book Description:
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This book examines US-influenced initiatives to improve library services during the Allied Occupation of post-surrender Japan and looks at history of funding libraries abroad as a tool of cultural diplomacy, and an explanation of why in Japan library services were relatively backward despite exceptionally high literacy and very well-developed publishing industry and retail book trade.
This book examines US-influenced initiatives to improve library services during the Allied Occupation of post-surrender Japan and looks at history of funding libraries abroad as a tool of cultural diplomacy, and an explanation of why in Japan library services were relatively backward despite exceptionally high literacy and very well-developed publishing industry and retail book trade.