San'ya blues : laboring life in contemporary Tokyo / Edward Fowler.
San'ya blues : laboring life in contemporary Tokyo / Edward Fowler.
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Publisher
Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1996.
Date
1996.
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N305.562/7
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxi, 262 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Setting. A Tour of San'ya. Two San'ya Landmarks. The Morning Labor Market. Edo, Tokyo, San'ya. The San'ya Doyagai. An Evening at the Palace -- 2. Lives. Day Laborers. Union Members and Sympathizers. Proprietors and Shopkeepers. Bureaucrats. Missionaries. Other Voices -- 3. Activism. Labor Union W...
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Publisher
Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1996.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
Over the years, Edward Fowler, an American academic, became a familiar presence in San'ya, a run-down neighborhood in northeastern Tokyo. Working as a day laborer himself, Fowler kept a diary of his experiences. The resulting oral histories, juxtaposed with Fowler's narrative and diary entries, bring to life a community on the margins of contempora...
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San'ya blues : laboring life in contemporary Tokyo / Edward Fowler.
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Includes indexes.
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N305.562/7
Record Identifier
74VvwPG58xll
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvwPG58xll
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ISBN
0801485703 (pbk.)
9780801432477 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801432472 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801485701 (pbk.)
DDC
305.562
MMS ID
991004199369702626
