Japan's New Middle Class : The Salary Man and His Family in a Tokyo Suburb / Ezra F. Vogel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogel, Ezra F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class--Japan.

Middle class.

Japan--Social conditions.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 1968.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1963.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

Chapter I. THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING

Chapter II. THE BUREAUCRATIC SETTING IN PERSPECTIVE

Chapter III THE GATEWAY TO SALARY: INFERNAL ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

Chapter IV. THE CONSUMER'S " BRIGHT NEW LIFE "

Chapter V. FAMILIES VIEW THEIR GOVERNMENT

Chapter VI. COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS

Chapter VII. BASIC VALUES

Chapter VIII. THE DECLINE OF THE Ie IDEAL

Chapter IX. THE DIVISION OF LABOR IN THE HOME

Chapter X. AUTHORITY IN THE FAMILY

Chapter XI. FAMILY SOLIDARITY

Chapter XII. CHILD-REARING

Chapter XIII. ORDER AMIDST RAPID SOCIAL CHANCE

Appendix

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520313682

0520313682

OCLC:

1149414532