ABSTRACT

Incorporating a new expanded introduction. The continuing relevance of Ron Dore's classic study of Japanese urban life and social structures is widely accepted by urban sociologists and other social scientists concerned with the study of modern Japan.

part I|24 pages

Introductory

chapter 1|8 pages

Aims and Limitations

chapter 2|15 pages

Shitayama-cho

part II|61 pages

Levels and Standards of Living

chapter 3|11 pages

Some Sketches

chapter 4|13 pages

Houses and Apartment Blocks

chapter 5|10 pages

Family Income and Expenditure

chapter 6|14 pages

Health and Security

chapter 7|12 pages

Progress and Planning

part III|99 pages

The Family

chapter 8|30 pages

The Japanese Family System

chapter 10|21 pages

The ‘House'

chapter 11|32 pages

Husbands and Wives

part IV|98 pages

The Wider World

chapter 12|19 pages

Getting on

chapter 13|17 pages

Political Attitudes

chapter 14|15 pages

Education

chapter 15|11 pages

Leisure

chapter 16|16 pages

Neighbours and Friends

chapter 17|19 pages

The Ward

part V|105 pages

Religion and Morality

chapter 18|4 pages

Main Trends of Religious Development

chapter 19|17 pages

The Local and the National Community

chapter 20|17 pages

Family Rites

chapter 21|10 pages

The Individual and the Kami

chapter 22|23 pages

Present-day Religious Teachings

chapter 23|12 pages

Beliefs of ‘the Uncommitted'

chapter 24|20 pages

Society and the Individual