| Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives: A Study of the Political and Economic Change in a Tohoku Village Contributor(s): Bailey, Jackson H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824812999 ISBN-13: 9780824812997 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 952.11 |
| LCCN: 91-15781 |
| Lexile Measure: 1260 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.24" W x 9.38" (1.31 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tanohata in the 1950s was an isolated fishing village in the Tohoku region of Japan. Life there was so miserable that those who could leave did, and those who could not stayed on in a state of demoralization. By the 1980s, however, Tanohata had not only joined the mainstream of Japanese culture and economic life, but had done so with an adroitness that attracted national notice. The story of that dramatic transformation, written from the perspective of one who has both observed and participated in the changes for the last 20 years, brings into dramatic focus what is happening throughout Japan in the 20th century. |