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Jessamyn Abel is a historian specializing in modern Japan, focusing on cultural history, technology, infrastructure, sports, and international relations. She is an Associate Professor at the Penn State School of International Affairs. Abel’s notable works include her books 'International Minimum: Creativity and Contradiction in Japan’s Global Engagement, 1933-1964', which explores the development of Japanese internationalism during the transwar period, and 'Dream Super-Express: A Cultural History of the World’s Bullet Train', which examines the Tōkaidō Shinkansen and its cultural and sociological implications in the 1960s. Her research interests currently extend to the interplay of politics and culture regarding food security in postwar Japan. In addition to her books, she has published various articles addressing topics such as technology, infrastructure, the Tokyo Olympics, cultural diplomacy, and the history of whaling in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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