Hard times in the hometown :

Dusinberre, Martin, 1976-

Hard times in the hometown : a history of community survival in modern Japan / Martin Dusinberre. - 1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The silk road of the sea : a beginning -- Edo period riches -- Murotsu and the Meiji Revolution, 1868 -- The political culture of the Meiji village -- Ritual culture and political power -- Overseas migration at the turn of the twentieth century -- The transnational hometown : zenith and decline -- Bridging the postwar divide -- Furusato boom, Kaminoseki bust -- Nuclear decision -- Atomic power, community fission -- The silk road of the sea : an ending.

9780824861124 (e-book)


Kaminoseki (Japan)--History--19th century.
Kaminoseki (Japan)--History--20th century.
Kaminoseki (Japan)--Social conditions--19th century.
Kaminoseki (Japan)--Social conditions--20th century.


Electronic books.

DS894.79.Y349 / K363 2012eb

952/.197