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| Transcription and Use of Japanese Words | ||
| 1 | Introduction: Dreamers or Realists? | 3 |
| Scholarly Neglect | 3 | |
| Language and Script | 9 | |
| The Modern Japanese Writing System | 16 | |
| 2 | Literacy in Japan up to 1945 | 24 |
| The Tokugawa Inheritance | 24 | |
| The Effects of Public Schooling | 35 | |
| 3 | Script Reform from Within | 44 |
| Kana Typewriters and Romaji Textbooks | 44 | |
| The Toyo Kanji List and Reforms of 1946-59 | 56 | |
| 4 | SCAP Steps In | 59 |
| Robert King Hall | 59 | |
| Abraham Meyer Halpern | 76 | |
| 5 | The Romaji Education Experiment | 86 |
| Evidence from Trainor and the GHQ/SCAP Archives | 86 | |
| Interlude: The Strange Case of the Romazi Sinbun | 106 | |
| Evidence from Japanese Sources | 109 | |
| 6 | Conclusion: The Most Literate Nation on Earth? | 119 |
| The Joyo Kanji List and the Liberal Democratic Party Backlash | 119 | |
| A Functional View of Literacy | 124 | |
| Appendix A: Halpern's Overview of the Romanization Issue | 128 | |
| Appendix B: Trainor's Account of the Ramaji Education Experiment | 133 | |
| Appendix C: Calhoun's Key Memoranda on the Experiment's Results | 136 | |
| Appendix D: Remarks on Archival Sources | 139 | |
| Glossary of Japanese Terms | 145 | |
| Notes | 148 | |
| References | 159 | |
| Index | 169 |
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reviewed Literacy and Script Reform in Occupation Japan: Reading Between the Lines on October 03, 2016
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