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Perilous wagers : gambling, dignity, and day laborers in twenty-first-century Tokyo / Klaus K. Y. Hammering.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hammering, Klaus K. Y., 1980- author.
- Series:
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gangsters in popular culture--Japan.
- Gangsters in popular culture.
- Masculinity--Social aspects--Japan.
- Masculinity.
- Unskilled labor--Social aspects--Japan.
- Unskilled labor.
- San'ya (Tokyo, Japan)--Social conditions--21st century.
- San'ya (Tokyo, Japan).
- San'ya (Tokyo, Japan)--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo, Japan : Cornell University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- No detailed description available for "Perilous Wagers".
- Contents:
- Perilous Wagers
- Contents
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction
- 1. Setting Out "Yama
- 2. The Day Laborer
- 3. Gambling
- 4. Forbearance
- 5. Disintegration
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary of Key Characters
- Glossary of Terms
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Hammering, Klaus K. Y. Perilous Wagers
- ISBN:
- 9781501776441
- OCLC:
- 1446129677
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