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(Diary 17. Black hardcover, red border.) Burks writes this during a summer trip—his seventh to East Asia. He offers interesting descriptions of Hong Kong, the attitudes toward women, and the impeccable politeness of the Japanese.

(Diary 18. Brown tweed cloth.) This diary, written during October and November documents Burks's ninth trip to Asia. He discusses in detail the Fukui project and of the skepticism and worries surrounding this project. Page 31 offers an interesting notation regarding a trip back to Anderson Air force base and Burks's memory of seeing the B-29s taking off to bomb Tokyo.

(Diary 19. Orange-red hardcover.) Written from Costa Rica detailing historical facts of the towns, cities, and coastline.

(Diary 20. Orange-red hardcover.) Continues previous journal.

(Diary 21. Black hardcover with red border.) Noteworthy to this book is Burks' ambivalence about an upcoming trip to Japan. Page 28 offers a commentary on a recent Japanese government change. Also included is a comparison on the education systems of Japan and America. In April he discusses his bad year. Burks is made aware of the death of his brother while living in Japan.

(Diary 22. Orange-red hardcover.) Burks plans trip to Tokyo, Okohama and China with a Canadian delegation for the IV World Congress of Comparative Education.

(Diaries 23 and 24. Orange-red hardcover.) Documents a trip to China specifically Nanging, Suzhou, Shanghai, and Guilin. Here he meets simple families who revere Mao. Burks writes of comparisons of Shanghai in 1980 compared to the first time he set foot in this city 35 years earlier when it was under Japanese occupation.