Ezra F. Vogel Book order

A Financial Times "Summer Books" Selection "Elegantly written...with a confidence that comes from decades of deep research on the topic, illustrating how influence and power have waxed and waned between the two countries." --Rana Mitter, Financial Times "Vogel uses the powerful lens of the past to frame contemporary Chinese-Japanese relations...[He] suggests that over the centuries―across both the imperial and the modern eras―friction has always dominated their relations." --Sheila A. Smith, Foreign Affairs "Will become required reading." --Alexis Dudden, Times Literary Supplement China and Japan have cultural and political connections that stretch back fifteen hundred years, but today their relationship is strained. China's military buildup deeply worries Japan, while Japan's brutal occupation of China in World War II remains an open wound. In recent years both countries have insisted that the other side must openly address this contentious history before relations can improve. But what actually happened? Boldly tackling the most contentious chapters in this long and tangled relationship, Ezra Vogel uses the tools of a master historian to examine key turning points in Sino-Japanese history. Pivoting from past to present, he argues that for the sake of a stable world order, these two Asian giants must reset their relationship, starting with their common interests in scientific research and environmental protection.

The book explores the transformation of Canton during the Communist regime, focusing on the political, social, and economic changes that occurred. It examines the impact of Communist policies on the local population and the city's development, highlighting key events and figures that shaped the era. Through analysis and historical context, it offers insights into the broader implications of Communism in urban China.

Focusing on the Japanese middle class, this classic study offers a detailed examination of the salaryman and his family's life, set against the backdrop of Japan's rapid postwar economic growth. The authors analyze how the emergence of lifelong employment shaped social dynamics, creating a dominant class that influenced broader societal patterns, affecting even those outside this group. The fiftieth-anniversary edition features a new foreword by William W. Kelly, enhancing its relevance in understanding contemporary Japanese society.

No one in the twentieth century had a greater impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. The author intends to disentangle the contradictions embodied in the life and legacy of China's boldest strategist - the pragmatic, disciplined force behind China's radical economic, technological, and social transformation.

Japanese representatives bring to the negotiating table a distinctive mind-set and behavioral style, one that s largely free of gamesmanship and histrionics but that s nonetheless frequently exasperating.This volume explores four recent U.S. Japanese negotiations two over trade, two over security-related issues looking for patterns in Japan s approach and behavior. In the first three cases, veteran Japanologist Michael Blaker finds the same fundamental style coping. Coping captures the go-with-the-flow essence of the Japanese bargaining approach : cautious, methodical, low key, resistant, apprehensive, and above all defensive. In the fourth case, Ezra Vogel and Paul Giarra recount how the United States and Japan fashioned a new security framework for their relationship in the 1990s. Vogel and Giarra show that close personal relationships, mutual trust, and a common purpose can foster flexible, fast, and fruitful negotiations.Each case study explains the cultural as well as political, institutional, and personal factors and assesses their influence. A concluding chapter draws out common threads from the four studies, suggests how U.S. negotiators can maximize negotiating efficacy, and points the way toward a new and clearer understanding of Japanese bargaining behavior.

Based on the most up-to-date sources, as well as extensive research and direct observation, Japan as Number One analyzes the island nation's development into one of the world's most effective industrial powers, in terms of not only economic productivity but also its ability to govern efficiently, to eduate its citizens, to control crime, to alleviate energy shortages, and to lessen pollution. Ezra Vogel employs criteria that America has traditionally used to measure success in his thoughtful demonstration of how and why Japanese institutions have coped far more effectively than their American counterparts.