Rudolf Bahro: Critical Responses
Critical Responses
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 1980
Book
Hardback
237 pages
978-0-87332-159-4 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of "industry novels" by Ikko Shimizu: "Keiretsu" is about an automobile parts manufacturer; "The Ibis Cage" is about geishas; and "Silver Sanctuary" is about bank employees. Each story addresses issues unique to its venue yet universal in the real world of Japanese business.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Armonk
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-0-87332-159-4 (9780873321594)
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Content
"(The novels) depict Japanese business as nasty and businessmen as villains. As the books sell in large numbers in Japan this is presumably how ordinary Japanese view the driving force of the world's second biggest economy". -- The Economist