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Presents an ethnographic analysis of the social fabric and internal dynamics of one such neighborhood: Miyamoto-cho, a pseudonym for a residential and commercial district in Tokyo where the author carried out fieldwork from June 1979 to May 1981, and during several summers since.

Table of Contents
Explanatory note; Introduction; 1. Miyamoto-cho, a portrait; 2. The development of a neighborhood; 3. Local politics and administration; 4. Community services and neighborhood events; 5. Formal hierarchies of participation and power; 6. Friends and neighbors; 7. The festival and the local social order; Conclusion; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Neighborhood Tokyo

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/03/1990
      ISBN13: 9780804717977, 978-0804717977
      ISBN10: 0804717974

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents an ethnographic analysis of the social fabric and internal dynamics of one such neighborhood: Miyamoto-cho, a pseudonym for a residential and commercial district in Tokyo where the author carried out fieldwork from June 1979 to May 1981, and during several summers since.

      Table of Contents
      Explanatory note; Introduction; 1. Miyamoto-cho, a portrait; 2. The development of a neighborhood; 3. Local politics and administration; 4. Community services and neighborhood events; 5. Formal hierarchies of participation and power; 6. Friends and neighbors; 7. The festival and the local social order; Conclusion; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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