{"product_id":"ideology-and-libraries-california-diplomacy-and-occupied-japan-1945-1952-9781538143148","title":"Ideology and Libraries: California, Diplomacy, and Occupied Japan, 1945-1952","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael K. Buckland | Masaya Takayama\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Library \u0026amp; Information Science - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines US-influenced initiatives to improve library services during the Allied Occupation of post-surrender Japan and looks at history of funding libraries abroad as a tool of cultural diplomacy, and an explanation of why in Japan library services were relatively backward despite exceptionally high literacy and very well-developed publishing industry and retail book trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46453295480983,"sku":"9781538143148","price":10796.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781538143148.webp?v=1769144076","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ideology-and-libraries-california-diplomacy-and-occupied-japan-1945-1952-9781538143148","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}