The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925 by Partner, Simon

The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520258594)

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The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925 by Partner, Simon

The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925

$29.95
The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925 by Partner, Simon

The Mayor of Aihara: A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925

$29.95
Format: Paperback
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Aizawa Kikutar (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 lived by ordinary people, the book offers a rich and compelling perspective on the modernization of Japan.

Author: Simon Partner
ISBN-10: 0520258592
ISBN-13: 9780520258594
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2009
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.60d
By Simon Partner
By Simon Partner
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Simon Partner, Associate Professor at Duke University, is author of Toshié 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).

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