Japan's Motorcycle Wars by Jeffrey W Alexander
Assesses the historical development and societal impact of the motorcycle industry, from the influence of motor sports on vehicle sales in the early 1900s to the postwar developments that led to the massive wave of motorization sweeping the Asia-Pacific region.
"This book is very much at the cutting edge of current scholarshipBesides demonstrating the role of the Japanese military and empire in the early development of the industry, it illuminates the intense competition among motorbike makers in the first decade and a half after the Second World War. - Steven Ericson, author of The Sound of the Whistle: Railroads and the State in Meiji Japan"
JEFFREY W. ALEXANDER is Dean of Arts and Sciences at Pueblo Community College in Colorado, and was previously Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin at Parkside. He received his Ph.D. in history from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and he writes about the adoption, manufacture, and sale of Western consumer products in Japan. He has lived and worked throughout Japan off and on since 1995, including in Osaka, Kyoto, Okazaki, and Tokyo. After college, he worked as a bartender in a live jazz club in Toyonaka City, where the owner was generous and the cocktails were made the old fashioned way.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780774814546 |
| ISBN 10 | 0774814543 |
| Title | Japan's Motorcycle Wars |
| Author | Jeffrey W Alexander |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia Press |
| Year published | 2009-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 324 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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