{"product_id":"2026200015145-secondhand-city-life-in-japan-a-study-of-a-tokyo-ward","title":"City Life In Japan: A Study Of A Tokyo Ward","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the bustling wards of postwar Tokyo, where ancient customs collide with the relentless pace of modernisation, R. P. Dore's City Life in Japan: A Study of a Tokyo Ward presents a landmark work of urban anthropology that chronicles the social fabric of everyday Japanese life with meticulous precision. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in the Shitayama-cho neighbourhood during the early 1950s, Dore details the intricate rhythms of domestic life, community relations, family structures, religious practice, and economic behaviour that defined mid-century urban Japan, offering an unparalleled ground-level portrait of a society in profound transformation.\n\nA foundational text in both Japanese studies and urban sociology, this work argues that the neighbourhood — far from being a mere geographical unit — is the very crucible in which Japanese identity and social obligation are forged. Dore's prose is disciplined yet vivid, balancing rigorous sociological analysis with an ethnographer's sensitivity to human nuance, illustrating how tradition and modernity do not simply clash but continuously negotiate with one another. Decades after its first publication, the questions it raises about community, belonging, and the costs of rapid urbanisation remain urgently, uncomfortably relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203188531419,"sku":"2026200015145-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e73067d7-09a6-40d8-a48d-cc09db4f1059.png?v=1788145316","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015145-secondhand-city-life-in-japan-a-study-of-a-tokyo-ward","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}