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Japan and Germany under the U. S. Occupation
A Comparative Analysis of Post-War Education Reform
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2005
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Focusing on the post war reconstruction of the education systems in Japan and Germany under U.S. military occupation after World War II, this book offers a comparative historical investigation of education reform policies in these two war ravaged and ideologically compromised countries. While in Japan large-scale reforms were undertaken swiftly after the end of the war, the U.S. zone in Germany maintained most of the traditional aspects of the German education system. Why did Japan so readily accept ideas and values developed in the allied countries while Germany resisted? Masako Shibata explores this question, arguing that the role of the university and the pattern of elite formation, which can be traced back to the period of the formation of Meiji Japan and the Kaiserreich, created the conditions for differing reactions from educational leaders in each country; this had a decisive impact on the proposed reforms. By examining these reactions through a sociological, cultural, and historical frame, an explanation emerges. Japan and Germany under the U.S. Occupation will prove to be a valuable resource both to scholars of history and education reform.
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Copyright year
2005
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1149-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-5667-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
213
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Table of Contents No access
List of Tables and Figure No access
Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
List of Abbreviations No access
1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
2 State Formation, the State Education System, and Elite Formation in Meiji Japan No access
3 State Formation, the State Education System, and Elite Formation in the German Kaiserreich No access
Conclusion of Part I No access
4 The Occupation Reform in Japan, 1945-1952 No access
5 The Occupation Reform in the US Zone of Germany, 1945-1949 No access
6 Conclusion No access
Appendix A: The Imperial Rescript on Education [1890] No access Pages 175 - 176
Appendix B: Archival Documents No access Pages 177 - 178
