The ‘Civilization’ of Time: Japan and the Adoption of the Western Time System

Time & Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-259

  Ikuko, Nishimoto ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

history; Japan; westernization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031184892     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X97006002007     Document Type: Article

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