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OverviewThis 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ezra F. Vogel , Suzanne Hall Vogel , William W. KellyPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Edition: Third Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.513kg ISBN: 9781442221956ISBN 10: 144222195 Pages: 372 Publication Date: 18 July 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsForeword: Looking Backward at a Book That Looked Forward William W. Kelly Part I: The Significance of Salary Chapter 1: The Problem and Its Setting Chapter 2: The Bureaucratic Setting in Perspective Chapter 3: The Gateway to Salary: Infernal Entrance Examinations Part II: The Family and Other Social Systems Chapter 4: The Consumer’s “Bright New Life” Chapter 5: Families View Their Government Chapter 6: Community Relationships Chapter 7: Basic Values Part III: Internal Family Processes Chapter 8: The Decline of the Ie Ideal Chapter 9: The Division of Labor in the Home Chapter 10: Authority in the Family Chapter 11: Family Solidarity Chapter 12: Child-Rearing Part IV: Mamachi in Perspective Chapter 13: Order Amidst Rapid Social Change Part V: Mamachi Revisited Chapter 14: Beyond Salary Chapter 15: Beyond Success: Mamachi Thirty Years Later Afterword Ezra F. Vogel Appendix: A Report on the Field Work Selected BibliographyReviewsA perceptive and engaging book. . . . A mine of perceptive observations, comments, and interpretations.-- American Sociological Review The underlying objective of the book is to show what has changed in contemporary Japan as a result of the massive impact of the war, the defeat, the Occupation, and the subsequent industrial growth; and what has remained unchanged. . . . Highly recommended to anthropologists who are concerned about just how to represent modern urban life ethnographically; to teachers who must give courses on contemporary Japanese life, and are searching for a good text; and to anyone who is interested in social and cultural change in modern societies.-- American Anthropologist This thoughtful study of the rapidly growing 'new middle class' who man the bureaucracies of Japanese firms concentrates on their family and personal life. . . . [The book] deserves to be read widely.-- The Annals "A perceptive and engaging book. . . . A mine of perceptive observations, comments, and interpretations.-- ""American Sociological Review"" The underlying objective of the book is to show what has changed in contemporary Japan as a result of the massive impact of the war, the defeat, the Occupation, and the subsequent industrial growth; and what has remained unchanged. . . . Highly recommended to anthropologists who are concerned about just how to represent modern urban life ethnographically; to teachers who must give courses on contemporary Japanese life, and are searching for a good text; and to anyone who is interested in social and cultural change in modern societies.-- ""American Anthropologist"" This thoughtful study of the rapidly growing 'new middle class' who man the bureaucracies of Japanese firms concentrates on their family and personal life. . . . [The book] deserves to be read widely.-- ""The Annals""" A perceptive and engaging book. . . . A mine of perceptive observations, comments, and interpretations. The underlying objective of the book is to show what has changed in contemporary Japan as a result of the massive impact of the war, the defeat, the Occupation, and the subsequent industrial growth; and what has remained unchanged. . . . Highly recommended to anthropologists who are concerned about just how to represent modern urban life ethnographically; to teachers who must give courses on contemporary Japanese life, and are searching for a good text; and to anyone who is interested in social and cultural change in modern societies. This thoughtful study of the rapidly growing 'new middle class' who man the bureaucracies of Japanese firms concentrates on their family and personal life. . . . [The book] deserves to be read widely. Author InformationEzra F. Vogel is the Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University. Suzanne Hall Vogel (1931–2012) was a psychotherapist with University Health Services at Harvard University. William W. Kelly is professor of anthropology and Sumitomo Professor of Japanese Studies at Yale University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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