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" Learning to bow : "
Bruce Feiler.
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BL
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1038367
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b792737
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| Main Entry
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Feiler, Bruce,1964-
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| Title & Author
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Learning to bow : : inside the heart of Japan /\ Bruce Feiler.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Perennial ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Perennial,, 2004.
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x, 321 pages :: maps ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0060577207
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: 9780060577209
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| Notes
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Originally published: New York : Ticknor & Fields, ©1991.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-312) and index.
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| Contents
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Through the open door -- Drawing the lines -- The first day in school -- The welcome party -- The sports festival -- Fall in the Chestnut Basin -- The anatomy of a junior high school uniform -- Making hospital rounds -- Trash day --The lost art of school lunch -- New Year's Eve and the rising sun -- The Japanese color wheel -- Twin winter escapades -- The teacher in Japan -- The Juku generation -- Drinking alone in rural Japan -- How to pick up a Japanese girl -- Graduation day -- Cherry blossom spring -- A tale of two students -- The invisible class -- A Japanese wedding spectacular -- The annual school excursion -- The American class -- Epilogue -- A final bow.
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| Abstract
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Feiler recounts the year he spent as a teacher in Japan. Through his unique perspective, he demystifies contemporary Japanese life.
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Feiler, Bruce,1964-
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Feiler, Bruce,1964-
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Education, Secondary-- Japan.
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Enseignement secondaire-- Japon.
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Education, Secondary.
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Manners and customs.
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Japan, Social life and customs, 1945-
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Japan.
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| Dewey Classification
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373.52
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| LC Classification
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LA1316.F46 2004
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