tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post1946575711622488753..comments2023-11-05T06:16:56.961-05:00Comments on the Carpentry Way: House and Home in 'Modern' Japan, Part IAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-13594511522653011872010-02-05T20:02:51.821-05:002010-02-05T20:02:51.821-05:00chris,
you might check out the gapminder site to s...chris,<br />you might check out the gapminder site to see how different cultural & economic effects have shaped history. mid 1800's forward.<br />one example would be how increasing education or changing the number of children affects the quality of living standards.<br />Very interesting videos! Ran across Hans Rosling on a TEDtalks video podcast.<br /><br />http://www.gapminder.org/videos/hans-rosling-asias-rise-ted-<br /><br />india/http://www.gapminder.org/Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412415011988143193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-18394821216001858812010-02-05T19:32:26.967-05:002010-02-05T19:32:26.967-05:00Chris,
Have you run across the book "The Grea...Chris,<br />Have you run across the book "The Great Wave" by Christopher Benfy c. 2003 Random House Ballantine Books.<br />It explores the connections/repercussions between the New England area and Japan. It portrays people becoming fascinated with the others culture but not finding happiness in there. Star crossed lovers maybe. Kind makes WWII seem the falling out of the "a fare".<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Great-Wave-Misfits-Japanese-Eccentrics/dp/0375754555/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265415210&sr=8-3<br /><br />another interest book that I've loaned out to John Burt is "Across a Bamboo Fence" c 1949 Tuttle Publishing. Its a small paperback ( must be from occupied Japan as its priced in Yen and Dollars); the authors is the wife of a us officer who brings her 3 children with her to Japan. She tells the story of her time in Japan. Kind of maybe explaining to Americans the everyday people/ culture she is interacting with. She doesn't take the approach of the heavy handed american victor.<br />One of her stories is a about a japanese man who was fascinated with a childs toy they had brought from the States. His remark was that it was no wonder that the US won the war, since its industry was so vast that it could tricycles for "children" AND all its war supplies.<br />Sorry I could supply a link a google search didnt turn up references to it. Loooong out of publish.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03412415011988143193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-48244887015974604522010-02-05T15:28:00.580-05:002010-02-05T15:28:00.580-05:00It always struck me as no surprise that Dec 7, 194...It always struck me as no surprise that Dec 7, 1941 (Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour) occurred partly because of Commodore Perry in the 1850s.<br /><br />Otherwise, a very interesting (as usual) historical enlightenment.<br /><br />SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com