The Japanese Mind

Note - worn copy

Out of the ashes of WW2, Japan has risen to become perhaps the greatest economic force in the free world and a ferocious competitot. Our feelings about the Japanese range from admiration to hostility and are based on radical misconceptions. These are dispelled in this exhilarating book which draws a perfect map of the Japanese psyche: the child's role in the family as well as the robot's role in the corporation; the revelation of the matriarchal society, the gruelling educational system; how the Japanese work and how they relax; the overriding desire to achieve...