ISBN10: 0691020523, ISBN13: 9780691020525, [publisher: Princeton University Press 1992-07-01, Princeton |Oxford] Softcover Language: ENG
[Oxford, OX, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1992]

ISBN10: 0691020523, ISBN13: 9780691020525, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from the Meiji Restoration. This book shows why State shinto symbols, such as the Yasukuni Shrine and its prefectural branches, are the focus for bitter struggles over who will have the right to articulate their significance.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1991]

ISBN10: 0691020523, ISBN13: 9780691020525, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover
[Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]
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ISBN10: 0691020523, ISBN13: 9780691020525, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover
[Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]

Princeton Univ Pr, Date: 1991. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 224 pages. 9.50x6.00x0.75 inches. 1991. Princeton Univ Pr ISBN 0691020523 9780691020525 [GB]

Princeton University Press, Date: 1991-08-31. paperback. Good. 6x0x9. 1991. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691020523 9780691020525 [US]

ISBN10: 0691020523, ISBN13: 9780691020525, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover 1991. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]

Princeton Princeton University Press 1991 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Studies in Church and State, 1.

ISBN10: 0691020523, ISBN13: 9780691020525, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover Like New condition. Great condition, but not exactly fully crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages.
[Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1991]

ISBN10: 0691020523, ISBN13: 9780691020525, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Helen Hardacre, a leading scholar of religious life in modern Japan, examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from the Meiji Restoration to the present. Nowhere else in modern history do we find so pronounced an example of government sponsorship of a religion as in Japan's support of shinto. How did that sponsorship come about and how was it maintained How was it dismantled after World War II What attempts are being made today to reconstruct it In answering these questions, Hardacre shows why State shinto symbols, such as the Yasukuni Shrine and its prefectural branches, are still the focus for bitter struggles over who will have the right to articulate their significance.Where previous studies have emphasized the state bureaucracy responsible for the administration of shinto, Hardacre goes to the periphery of Japanese society. She demonstrates that leaders and adherents of popular religious movements, independent religious entrepreneurs, women seeking to raise the prestige of their households, and men with political ambitions all found an association with shinto useful for self-promotion; local-level civil administrations and parish organizations have consistently patronized shinto as a way to raise the prospects of provincial communities. A conduit for access to the ...
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[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1991]

ISBN10: 0691020523, ISBN13: 9780691020525, [publisher: Princeton University Press, New Jersey] Softcover Paperback. Helen Hardacre, a leading scholar of religious life in modern Japan, examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of Shinto from the Meiji Restoration to the present. Nowhere else in modern history do we find so pronounced an example of government sponsorship of a religion as in Japan's support of Shinto. How did that sponsorship come about and how was it maintained? How was it dismantled after World War II? What attempts are being made today to reconstruct it? In answering these questions Helen Hardacre shows why State Shinto symbols, such as the Yasukuni Shrine and its prefectural branches, are still the focus for bitter struggles over who will have the right to articulate their significance. Examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from the Meiji Restoration. This book shows why State shinto symbols, such as the Yasukuni Shrine and its prefectural branches, are the focus for bitter struggles over who will have the right to articulate their significance. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
[Truganina, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1991]