St. Lawrence University
Japan Program

Suggested Readings

Contemporary Culture

• Aoki and Dardess. As the Japanese See It. University of Hawaii Press. 1981.
• Christopher, Robert. The Japanese Mind. Fawcett Columbia. 1983.
• Ozaki, Robert S. The Japanese: A Cultural Portrait. Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1978.
• Reed, Steven R. Making Common Sense of Japan. University of Pittsburgh. 1993.
• Schodt, Frederik. Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics. Kodansha. 1983.
• White, Merry. The Material Child: Coming of Age in Japan and America. University of California. 1993.
• Whiting, Robert. The Chrysanthemum and the Bat. Tokyo. The Permanent Press. 1977.

General History

• Beasley, W. G. The Meiji Restoration. Stanford University Press. 1972.
• Duus, Peter. Rise of Modern Japan. Houghton Mifflin. 1976.
• Hall, John W. Japan from Prehistory to Modern Times. Delta. 1970.
• Jansen, Marius. Japan and Its World: Two Centuries of Change. Princeton. 1980.
• Reischauer, E. O. The Japanese Today. Belknap Harvard. 1988.
• Sansom, G. B. The Western World and Japan. Random House. 1973.
• Wray and Conroy. Japan Examined. University Press of Hawaii. 1983.

Literature

• Hibbett, Howard, ed. Contemporary Japanese Literature. Alfred A. Knopf. 1977.
• Kawabata, Yasunari. Snow Country. G.P.Putnam's Sons. 1981.
• Keene, Donald, ed. Anthology of Japanese Literature. Grove Press. 1955.
• Keene, Donald, ed. Modern Japanese Literature. Grove Press. 1956.
• Oe, Kenzaburo. The Crazy Iris, and other stories of the atomic aftermath. Grove Press. 1985.

Travel Guide

• Taylor, Chris. Tokyo: City Guide. Lonely Planet. 1993.