William R LaFleur

Dark Medicine: Rationalizing Unethical Medical Research (Book)

William R LaFleur

ISBN:9780253220417

The trial of the 'German doctors' exposed atrocities of Nazi medical science and led to the Nuremberg Code governing human experimentation. In Japan...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:259

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Liquid Life (Book)

William R LaFleur

ISBN:9780691029658

Why would a country strongly influenced by Buddhism's reverence for life allow legalized, widely used abortion? Equally puzzling to many Westerners is the Japanese practice of mizuko rites...more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:275

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Awesome Nightfall (Book)

William R LAFLEUR

ISBN:9780861713226

This book captures the power of Saigyo's poetry and this previously overlooked poet's keen insight into the social and political world of medieval Japan....more details
Format:Paperback  Pages:192

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The Karma of Words: Buddhism and the Literary Arts in Medieval Japan (Book)

William R LaFleur

ISBN:9780520056220

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Format:Paperback  Pages:204

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