The Japanese Village Ils 56

by J.F. Embree

Overview

This is Volume V of six in a collection on the Sociology of East Asia. Initially published in 1946, Dr. Embree's book is a description, based on direct observation, of the life of a Japanese village community. Its chief purpose is to provide material for that comparative study' of the forms of: human society that is known as social anthropology; but it should have an appeal to a wider audience of general readers as giving additional insight from a new 'angle into Japanese civilization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415605465
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/07/2013
Series:	International Library of Sociology
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Historical Background; Chapter 2 Village Organization; Chapter 3 Family and Household; Chapter 4 Forms of Co-Operation; Chapter 5 Social Classes and Associations; Chapter 6 The Life-History of the Individual; Chapter 7 Religion; Chapter 8 Changes Observable in The Social Organization of Suye Mura;