Book
Village Japan
University of Chicago Press • Chicago • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Beardsley, Richard K. (Richard King), Hall, John Whitney, Ward, Robert Edward.
Abstract
This book contains a well-rounded ethnographic study of the rice-growing community of Niiike. The study is based on field work conducted in the 1950s by an interdisciplinary team of scholars from the University of Michigan. While Niiike is the focus of the study, the authors make frequent reference to neighboring communities and Japan in general in order to discuss the ways Niiike may be said to be a 'typical' rice-growing community and in order to show how events in Japan in general have affected the local community.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Ethnographer
- Historian
- Political Scientist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1979: John Beierle; 2009
- Field Date
- 1950-1957
- Coverage Date
- 3000 BC–AD 1957
- Coverage Place
- Community of Niiike, Honshu Island, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
- Notes
- [by] Richard K. Beardsley, John W. Hall [and] Robert E. Ward.
- 1) Introduction; 2) Geographical setting; 3) Niiie's historical setting; 4) Niiike's people: physique and temperment; 5) Community life: material goods and equiptment; 6) Land and water; 7) Niiike at work; 8) Income and expenditure; 9) The household; 10) Community and kinship associations; 11) The life cycle; 12) The community and local government; 13) The community and political process; 14) Religious institutions and concepts; and, 15) Conclusions.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 58013802
- LCSH
- Japan--Okayama Prefecture