Description: Essays cover the social and cultural shifts that have resulted from Japanese investment, including educational activities in public schools, the relationship between business and local media, and the integration of Japanese managers and their families into Kentucky communities.
Brief description: P.P. Karan, professor of geography and Japan studies at the University of Kentucky, is the author or editor of numerous books on Asian geography and culture, including Japanese Landscapes.
Review Quotes:
"A wide-ranging and clearly authoritative account of Toyota's social and economic impact on the Bluegrass." -- Roman Cybriwsky