Mayor of Aihara A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925

Name: Mayor of Aihara A Japanese Villager and His Community, 1865-1925
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ISBN: 9780520258594

ISBN-10: 0520258592

ISBN-13: 9780520258594

Edition: 2009

Authors: Simon Partner

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Aizawa Kikutarotilde; (1866-1963) was born into the wealthiest family in Hashimoto, a small agricultural village specializing in wheat and silk. By 1925, the village was undergoing rapid commercial development, residents were commuting to factory and office jobs in cities, and, after serving as mayor for almost twenty years, Aizawa was working as a bank manager. Taking the biography of this leading villager as its central focus and incorporating intimate details of life drawn from Aizawa's diary,The Mayor of Aiharachronicles the extraordinary transformation of Hashimoto against the background of Japan's rapid industrialization. By portraying history as it was actually lived by ordinary…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 7/13/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

Simon Partner, Associate Professor at Duke University, is author of "Toshie: A Story of Rural Life in Twentieth Century Japan "and "Assembled in Japan: Electrical Goods and the Making of the Japanese Consumer "(both from UC Press).



List of Illustrations


Introduction



The Village Enters the Modern Era (1866-1885)


Born in Troubled Times


Building a New Nation


Hardship and Protest



From Farm Manager to Independent Landowner (1885-1894)


A Young Man of the Enlightenment


Reaching Maturity in Momentous Times


Toward Independence



For Village and Nation (1894-1908)


The Nation Comes of Age


Politics on the Kanto Plain


The Mantle of Responsibility


The Hour of Need


The Railway Comes to Hashimoto



The Mayor of Aihara (1908-1918)


Mayor of Aihara


Technology and Change


A Great Sadness



A World Transformed (1918-1926)


An Unprecedented Economy


A Modern Village


The World Turned Upside Down


The Family Patriarch


Conclusion


Did Hashimoto Ever Become "Modern"?


Villagers in Control of Their Destiny?


The Meaning of a Life


Notes


Bibliography


Index