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Neighborhood Tokyo

by: Theodore Bestor

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 301
EAN: 9780804717977
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0804717974
Label: Stanford University Press
Manufacturer: Stanford University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: March 01, 1990
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Studio: Stanford University Press

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- Hundreds of subjects, one neighborhood
Neighborhood Tokyo is now one of my favorite books. I've only taken one cultural anthropology class and the study of modern anthropology has always fascinated me, yet my knowledge of it is limited and I'm turned off by books written for fellow anthropologists. An author like Bestor is then exactly what I've been looking for. That's not to say he writes below his level of intelligence or simplifies his study. Bestor uses terminology not meant for the layman, and a basic knowledge of Japan itself is ... Read More

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- A must for anyone interested in downtown Tokyo
Neighborhood Tokyo is one of only a handful of books in English that offers a realistic and insightful portrait of the lives of ordinary people in this vibrant global metropolis. It provides an intimate and well-grounded account of the daily life of a particular neighborhood located near the heart of the city. Yet, in addressing issues that apply to numerous other downtown neighborhoods, it gives us a sense of the organization and dynamics of daily life throughout much of central Tokyo.
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