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March 21, 2012
[SSJ: 7296] New Book on 3/11
From: Jeff Kingston
Date: 2012/03/21
My apologies for cross-posting.
Last week the book I edited about 3/11 was published and is out in paperback, but is only available from Amazon UK and the publisher for now.
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415698566/
Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan. Edited by Jeff Kingston Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies 20% Discount Available. To claim the discount, please enter discount code ERJ92 at the checkout.
This book brings together the analysis and insights of a group of distinguished experts on Japan to examine what happened following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, how various institutions and actors responded and what lessons can be drawn from Japan's disaster. The contributors, many of whom experienced the disaster first hand, assess the wide-ranging repercussions of this catastrophe and how it is (and not) influencing Japanese society, politics, energy policy, economy, social media and urban planning in 16 chapters.
List of Contributors (in order of chapters):
Gerald L. Curtis, J.F. Morris, Simon Avenell, Kawato Yuko, Robert Pekkanen, Tsujinaka Yutaka, David Slater, Nishimura Keiko, Love Kindstrand, Leslie M.
Tkach-Kawasaki, Daniel P. Aldrich, Paul Scalise, Andrew Dewit, Iida Tetsunari, Kaneko Masaru, Peter Duus, Jeff Kingston, Chris Ames, Yuiko Koguchi Ames, Kenneth Neil Cukier, Otani Junko, Riccardo Tossani, Togo Kazuhiko.
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