Japan's New Middle Class (Asia/Pacific/Perspectives)

Japan's New Middle Class (Asia/Pacific/Perspectives)

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 classâ€”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.

Country	USA
Author	Ezra F. Vogel
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Rowman Littlefield Publishers
EAN	9781442221956
Edition	3
Feature	Used Book in Good Condition
ISBN	144222195X
Label	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	372
PublicationDate	2013-07-18
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ReleaseDate	2013-07-18
Studio	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers