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The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925
Simon Partner
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Paperback. Aizawa Kikutaro was born into the wealthiest family in Hashimoto, an agricultural village specializing in wheat and silk. Taking the biography of this villager as its focus and incorporating details of life drawn from Aizawa's diary, this book chronicles the transformation of Hashimoto against the background of Japan's rapid industrialization. Num Pages: 248 pages, 13 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Aizawa Kikutaro (1866-1963) was born into the wealthiest family in Hashimoto, a small agricultural village specializing in wheat and silk. By 1925, the village was undergoing rapid commercial development, residents were commuting to factory and office jobs in cities, and, after serving as mayor for almost twenty years, Aizawa was working as a bank manager. Taking the biography of this leading villager as its central focus and incorporating intimate details of life drawn from Aizawa's diary, The Mayor of Aihara chronicles the extraordinary transformation of Hashimoto against the background of Japan's rapid industrialization. By portraying history as it was actually ... Read more
Aizawa Kikutaro (1866-1963) was born into the wealthiest family in Hashimoto, a small agricultural village specializing in wheat and silk. By 1925, the village was undergoing rapid commercial development, residents were commuting to factory and office jobs in cities, and, after serving as mayor for almost twenty years, Aizawa was working as a bank manager. Taking the biography of this leading villager as its central focus and incorporating intimate details of life drawn from Aizawa's diary, The Mayor of Aihara chronicles the extraordinary transformation of Hashimoto against the background of Japan's rapid industrialization. By portraying history as it was actually ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520258594
SKU
V9780520258594
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About Simon Partner
Simon Partner, Associate Professor at Duke University, is author of Toshie: A Story of Rural Life in Twentieth Century Japan and Assembled in Japan: Electrical Goods and the Making of the Japanese Consumer (both from UC Press).
Reviews for The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925
"It is a historical ethnography that is both sweeping and situated, eminently useful for courses but equally instructive to scholars."
William W. Kelly American Historical Review "Remarkable."
T. James Kodera Journal Of Japanese Stds "Excellent book." Monumenta Nipponica
William W. Kelly American Historical Review "Remarkable."
T. James Kodera Journal Of Japanese Stds "Excellent book." Monumenta Nipponica