Japan's New Middle Class
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
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This classic study on the sociology of Japan remains the only in-depth treatment of the Japanese middle class. Now in a fiftieth-anniversary edition that includes a new foreword by William W. Kelly, this seminal work paints a rich and complex picture of the life of the salaryman and his family. In 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburb, living among and interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Tracing the rapid postwar economic growth that led to hiring large numbers of workers who were provided lifelong employment, the authors show how this phenomenon led to a new social class—the salaried men and their families. It was a well-educated group that prepared their children rigorously for the same successful corporate or government jobs they held. Secure employment and a rising standard of living enabled this new middle class to set the dominant pattern of social life that influenced even those who could not share it, a pattern that remains fundamental to Japanese society today.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2013-07-18
- Mått151 x 229 x 20 mm
- Vikt513 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieAsia/Pacific/Perspectives
- Antal sidor372
- Upplaga3
- FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
- MedarbetareKelly,WilliamW.
- ISBN9781442221956