First published 2001 by Routledge
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Globalizing Japan : ethnography of the Japanese presence in Asia, Europe,
and America / edited by Harumi Befu and Sylvie Guichard-Auguis.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Japan-Foreign economic relations. 2.Globalization-Economic
aspects-Japan. 3. Globalization-Social aspects-Japan. 4. Corporations,
Japanese. 5. Japanese-Foreign countries. 6. Corporate culture-Japan. I.
Befu, Harumi. II. Guichard-Anguis, Sylvie, 1951-
HF1601 .G56 2001
337.52-dc21 2001019472

ISBN 0-415-24412-9

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