| Silk and Insight Contributor(s): Mishima, Yukio (Author), Gibney, Frank (Author), Sato, Hiro (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765603004 ISBN-13: 9780765603005 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Literary Criticism | Australian & Oceanian - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98-11263 |
| Lexile Measure: 1120 |
| Series: Studies of the Pacific Basin Institute |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.03" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Japanese - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a tale based on the strike which took place in the mid-1950s at Omi Kenshi, a silk manufacturer not far from Tokyo. The events described reflect the management / labour tensions of the period and is a piece of social commentary on the transformation of Japanese business. |