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Hi everyone - tomorrow is the beginning of @CornellPress& #39;s "Tip the Scale" sale. If I understand it correctly, interest in certain books, measured through clicks and other metrics, will result in flash discounts. Tons of great books from this superb press. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/tip-the-scale-sale-may-11-13/">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/tip-the-s...
Before shamelessly plugging my own books, let me plug a few others. My colleague and friend Gracia Liu-Farrer wrote Immigrant Japan, which is a superb account of Japan& #39;s handling of transnational migration. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501748622/immigrant-japan/">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781...
Saori Shibata& #39;s recent book is a state-of-the-art account of the politics surrounding economic vulnerability for Japan& #39;s irregular workers. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501749933/contesting-precarity-in-japan/">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781...
I reviewed @gillsteel& #39;s and #蒲島郁夫& #39;s Changing Politics in Japan for the Press a number of years back, and it& #39;s still the best, most theoretically astute account in English of a crucial period in Japan& #39;s postwar political history. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801476006/changing-politics-in-japan/">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780...
It& #39;d be hard to find a more interesting account of Japan& #39;s early postwar political and artistic history than Justin Jesty& #39;s wonderful book. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501715044/art-and-engagement-in-early-postwar-japan/">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781...
When I had to teach myself about the history of Japanese modern drama to write one of the chapters of my most recent book, I found David Goodman& #39;s book absolutely invaluable, revealing, and insightful. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781885445162/the-return-of-the-gods/">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781...
All of @dicksamuelsMIT& #39;s books (to my knowledge) have been published by Cornell, and you can& #39;t go wrong with any of them; they& #39;re all legendary. But this is my personal favorite. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801489822/machiavellis-children/">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780...
Todd Hall& #39;s Emotional Diplomacy is superb, and deeply influenced the direction of a lot of my own recent research. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501735820/emotional-diplomacy/">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781...
Both of Eiko Maruko Siniawer& #39;s Cornell books are spectacular: her first earlier "Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists," and her new environmental history, "Waste." https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501725845/waste/">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781...
As for my own books, my first, "Rules of Play" examined Japan& #39;s postwar leisure and tourism policies as, in part, efforts to transform the putatively unique Japanese lifestyle into something "normal" by the standards of other advanced industrial nations. #bookTabs=1">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801440915/the-rules-of-play/ #bookTabs=1">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780...
My second, "Think Global, Fear Local," examined the localization of international agreements on criminal justice, engaging debates about terrorism, crime, and sexual exploitation. #bookTabs=1">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780801475344/think-global-fear-local/ #bookTabs=1">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780...
My most recent one is Empire of Hope, which uses a diverse set of case studies to examine how a postwar national narrative shapes permissible forms of emotional representation in Japanese politics. #bookTabs=1">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501729072/empire-of-hope/ #bookTabs=1">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781...
I& #39;ve written this thread quickly while having my coffee and preparing to make breakfast for my family when they wake up, so I& #39;ve missed lots of great books, including many by dear friends, colleagues, and mentors. Please feel free to tag me into your own and I& #39;ll RT!
I realize that in my haste, I used "superb" and "examine" repeatedly in this thread. What can I say? I& #39;m so hesitant to mess with tweet threads before sending them (for fear of losing the whole thing) that my proofreading and editing go completely to hell. sorry!!
