Japanese propriety, past and present
In: Routledge contemporary Japan series
Face masks and liberty -- Theoretical foundations : Max Weber, Norbert Elias and Michel Foucault -- Conceptual analysis : coming to terms in modernizing Japan -- Formal perfection : the Tokugawa state -- Becoming a civilized country : modernization in Meiji Japan -- Continuity and change : social disciplining after World War II -- Lessons learned : social disciplining, culture and politics.