Japan and the Pursuit of a New American Identity: Work and Education in a Multicultural Age

by Walter Feinberg

Japan and the Pursuit of a New American Identity is a fascinating account of America's obsession with Japanese education and industry and the effects of this obsession on American schools, work, and national identity. By assessing the limits of American individualism and Japanese collectivism in an increasingly multicultural age, Walter Feinberg explodes the popular notion that Japan can serve as a proper model for American society and, more specifically,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415906830
• ISBN13: 9780415906838
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary