This volume traces the story of the outcastes in complete detail--their origin, their stormy post-emancipation history, and their present leftist political significance.

Inspired by the work of Max Weber and Pierre Bourdieu, the author links detailed village analysis to a broader discussion of societal power fields and juridical domains.

"--"Choice". "The most in-depth treatise available on Ainu prehistory, material culture, and ethnohistory." - "Library Journal".--Amazon.com (2001 ed, book description).

The first part deals with the role of science and medicine in creating a healthy nation. The second part of the book is devoted to examining the role of technology, and business-state relations in building a modern nation.

This book provides a framework for understanding the global flows of cuisine both into and out of Asia and describes the development of transnational culinary fields connecting Asia to the broader world.

This landmark book is the first general English-language history of technology in modern Japan. This landmark book is the first general English-language study of the history of technology in modern Japan.

This volume offers a fresh evaluation of Britain and its global presence in the years from the 1830s to the 1900s.