{"product_id":"ogatamura-9780857455246","title":"OgataMura","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the Second World War, a massive land reclamation project to boost Japan''s rice production capacity led to the transformation of the shallow lagoon of Hachirogata in Akita Prefecture into a seventeen-thousand-hectare expanse of farmland. In 1964, the village of Ogata-mura was founded on the empoldered land inside the lagoon and nearly six hundred pioneers from across the country were brought to settle there. The village was to be a model of a new breed of highly mechanized, efficient rice agriculture; however, the village''s purpose was jeopardized when the demand for rice fell, and the goal of creating an egalitarian farming community was threatened as individual entrepreneurialism took root and as the settlers became divided into political factions that to this day continue to struggle for control of the village. Based on seventeen years of research, this book explores the process of Ogatamura''s development from the planning stages to the present. An intensive ethnograp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\"In his densely detailed, long-term study of Ogata-mura, Wood has taken us a lifetime away from the first studies of Japanese villages carried out by foreigners in the 1930s and 1950s\u003c\/em\u003e… \u003cem\u003eWood presents an excellent analysis of the conflict between the view held by some residents that farming is a way of life and the conviction by others that it is a business like any other. The authorities have proved remarkably tone-deaf to the implications of this contrast, not only in Ogata-mura, but on the national level as well. Wood is able to provide a degree of detail that most ethnographers would envy.\u003c\/em\u003e”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAsian Anthropology\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis is a very interesting text written about a very important subject.  The ‘saga’ of Ogata-mura speaks to a number of issues (agriculture, rural development, centralized bureaucratic planning, ecological impact and other such areas) that are very important for modern Japan and, by extension, many other societies\u003c\/em\u003e.”  \u003cstrong\u003e·  John Mock, \u003c\/strong\u003eTemple University Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: The Village and the Issues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tPutting Ogata-mura under the Lens\u003cbr\u003e \tProblems – Community Planning, Transition Economy, and Conflict\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. Agricultural Policy and Regional Politics in Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tAgricultural and Regional Policy\u003cbr\u003e \tCarrots from Heaven\u003cbr\u003e \tAgricultural Policy and Regional Politics – Reflections\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. Reclamation and the Old Social Order\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tHachirōgata Before the Reclamation\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Reclamation\u003cbr\u003e \tSettlement\u003cbr\u003e \tLoneliness, Depression and Tensions\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Cooperative Groups\u003cbr\u003e \tSocial Organization Beyond the Group Level\u003cbr\u003e \tThe End of the Settlement Phase\u003cbr\u003e \tUtopia Lost?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. The Storm and the Aftermath\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tDark Clouds on the Horizon\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Deluge\u003cbr\u003e \tWhy did the Clouds Burst?\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Beautification Campaign Accelerates\u003cbr\u003e \tBig Plans and High Hopes\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Sociopolitical Costs of Cosmetic Surgery\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. Rice: Alliances, Institutions, Frictions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tRice Marketing in the Village\u003cbr\u003e \tBusiness and Politics in an Ogata-mura Neighborhood\u003cbr\u003e \tRice Farming and Business Intertwined\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. Politics and the New Social Order\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Interplay of Opposing “Parties”\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Election of 2000\u003cbr\u003e \tDevelopments Following the Election of 2000\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Election of 2004\u003cbr\u003e \tA Fracture Forms in the Opposition Party\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Election of 2008\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Changing Political Landscape\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. What Can We Learn from Ogata-mura?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tPlans, Policies, and Politics – The Big Picture\u003cbr\u003e \tPlans, Policies, and Politics – The Small Picture\u003cbr\u003e \tA Model Farming Village?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038912512343,"sku":"9780857455246","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857455246.jpg?v=1750941911","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ogatamura-9780857455246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}