American Policy in Japan, 1948-1952
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A 5 page research paper that discusses the “reverse course” in US policy towards Japan that characterizes the US occupation after World War II. The writer also provides sociological background to this period. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khjapocc.rtf

An Approach to Western Influences in Japan
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( 6 pp.) The more we learn about history and cultural diversity, the more we learn about the layers of impact that one culture may have on another. It is one of these layers of impact, which we will examine in relationship to western influences on Japan. This will be done with the assistance of Chinua Achebe's 1959 African novel, Things Fall Apart, and the Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa (1966).
Filename: BBafrjap.doc

Andy Warhol
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Andy Warhol was a bastion of improbability, an actor with the world as his stage and an artist who implemented the common into the guise of the extraordinary. The images that the world associates with Warhol include soup cans, brillo boxes, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and Mao Tse-tung. This 10 page paper explores the life, work and significance of Andy Warhol to the pop art movement. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: KTwarhol.rtf

Anime
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This 10 page paper looks at the development of the Japanese animation genre of anime. Arguing that the genre has develop as a reflection of the Japanese cultural influences over time the paper starts by considering why anime is unique and then looking at this development from the early twentieth century tracing it to the present day. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEanime1.rtf

Are the Japanese the Lost Tribes?
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A 6 page research paper that explores the multiple similarities between Japanese and Hebrew religious culture. Over 2,000 years ago, Assyrians exiled ten of the twelve tribes of Israel. No conclusions are drawn, but this report shows that there a strong case can be made for the Japanese as being the lost tribes. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khlosjew.rtf

Article Analysis: Japanese Architecture
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This 6 page paper analyzes an article from "The Architecture Review" in which the author described a Japanese building. The paper discusses the article itself and a response to it, the building, and whether or not pictures and text work well together. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVJapArc.rtf

Asian Political Questions
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8 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses factors that contributed to the rise of communist totalitarianism in modern China; factors that contributed to the Japan's pre-WWII military domination; China and Japan's nature of political regimes and relationships; and major characteristics of pre- and post-WWII Japanese economic development. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: TLCAsianPol.rtf