...William D. Hoover Mitsubishi and the N.Y.K., 1870–1914: Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping Industry . By William D. Wray . Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University, Council on East Asian Studies , 1984 . xx, 672 pp. Tables, Illustrations, Maps, Appendixes, Notes, Bibliography, Index...

... for Asian Studies, Inc. 1986 1986 868 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Kyodo Unyu Kaisha to form N.Y.K. in 1885. N.Y.K. differed from Mitsubishi by having stricter governmental supervision, being organized as a joint-stock company, and being devoted exclusively to shipping. In part 3, Wray examines N.Y.K...

...Susan B. Weiner Managing Industrial Enterprise: Cases from Japan's Prewar Experience . Edited by William D. Wray . The Council on East Asian Studies/Harvard University , 1990 . xiii, 442 pp. $25.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1991 1991 BOOK REVIEWS JAPAN...

... in praise of Grew is a tribute to Utley's study, which, while he remains in Washington, is succinct and compelling. MICHAEL A. BARNHART State University of New York at Stony Brook Mitsubishi and the N.Y.K., 1870-1914: Business Strategy in the Japanese Shipping Industry. By WILLIAM D. WRAY. Cambridge, Mass...

...Catherine Lewis Japanese and American Education: Attitudes and Practice . Edited by Harry Wray . Westport, Conn. : Bergin and Garvey , 1999 . $75.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2000 2000 452 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES With a limited historical...

...Thomas W. Burkman Pearl Harbor Reexamined: Prologue to the Pacific War . Edited by Hilary Conroy and Harry Wray . Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press , 1990 . xix, 200 pp. $22.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1990 1990 930 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

... recommended to a broad readership. GARY L. EBERSOLE The University of Chicago Managing Industrial Enterprise: Cases from Japan's Prewar Experience. Edited by WILLIAM D . W R A Y . The Council on East Asian Studies/Harvard University, 1990. xiii, 442 pp. $25.00. Editor-contributor William Wray sets...

... Systems on Individuals and Schools"; and "Societal Attitudes Debilitating American Education and the Compelling Need for Educational Reform." To build his argument, Harry Wray draws heavily on other published studies of Japanese education, his experiences teaching at Nanzan University in Nagoya...

.... $22.00. Those who have used and appreciated Wray and Conroy, eds., Japan Examined, have been waiting for this book. Hilary Conroy and Harry Wray have taken what originally was to be the Pearl Harbor segment of the 1983 volume and expanded it into a collection of eighteen essays on the prelude...

...Henry D. Ginsburg Ten Lives of the Buddha: Siamese Temple Paintings and Jataka Tales . By Elizabeth Wray , Clare Rosenfield , and Dorothy Bailey . New York : John Weatherhill , nc., 1972 . 154 pp. Illustrations, Maps, Glossary, Bibliography. $12.95. Copyright © Association for Asian...

... of communication between the administrative elite and the public; and William Wray's work on shipping, an area in which old and new types of commercial organization were in competition. These studies indicate that the rapid transformation of organizations was made possible by skills and resources that were...

... Altman's examination of the press, which became the means of communication between the administrative elite and the public; and William Wray's work on shipping, an area in which old and new types of commercial organization were in competition. These studies indicate that the rapid transformation...

...Stefan Tanaka The Japanese Achievement: A Short History of Japan and its Culture . By Hugh Cortazzi Sir . New York : St. Martin's Press , 1990 . 340 pp. $35.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1990 1990 932 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Conroy and Wray have...

... are. The present study is a real contribution to such understanding. Columbia University WILLIAM R. ROFF Ten Lives of the Buddha: Siamese Temple Paintings and Jataka Tales. BY ELIZABETH WRAY, CLARE ROSENFIELD, AND DOROTHY BAILEY. New York: John Weatherhill, Inc., 1972. 154 pp. Illustrations, Maps, Glossary...

... essays are of some interest. Tsing Yuan offers a brief, clear, unexceptionable explanation for "Japanese Intervention in Shantung during World War I." Harry Wray's discussion of "China in Japanese Textbooks" is well researched, thoughtful, and clearly written. Chong-Sik Lee demonstrates Chinese BOOK...

...) is that the nature of Japanese instruction in mathematics and science promotes students' deep understanding of subject matter, in contrast to the relatively rote, skills-focused instruction in U.S. classrooms. Wray's account does not necessarily advance a framework for understanding why the Japanese educational...

... . “Social and Spatial Divisions of Labor in Nineteenth Century Shinano: Mapping the Contested Terrain of Paper Craft Production.” Paper delivered at the 43rd Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, New Orleans, La. Wray William D. 1989 . “Afterword.” In Wray William D. , ed., Managing...

... ,” Journal of Economic History 24 , no. 3 ( 1964 ): 315 –36; Vamplew Wray , “ Railways and the Transforma tion of the Scottish Economy ,” Economic History Review , n.s. 24 , no. 1 ( 1971 ): 37 – 54 . 8 Fishlow Albert , American Railroads and the Transformation...

... , Dec 1935, pp. 4–5. 43 Hamada Kunitarō, head of thejapan Seamen's Union, was president of the Kumiai Kaigi. 44 Katayama Tetsu originated the “Three Amis” slogan in the Shakai Minshūtō in 1932. Totten, SDM , p. 73. 45 This summary of Asō's thought is based on William Wray...

... : Macmillan and The Free Press . Wray Harry . 1978 . “ China in Japanese Textbooks .” In Coox and Conroy , eds., pp. 115 –31. Takashi Yamamoto . 1977 . Tōa Dōbun Shoin sei [Tōa Dōbun Shoin Student]. Tokyo : Kawade shobō shinsha . VOL. XLV, N O . 5 JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...