{"product_id":"japans-new-middle-class-asiapacificperspectives-144222195x","title":"Japan's New Middle Class (Asia\/Pacific\/Perspectives)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144222195X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vogel, Ezra F.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic study on the sociology of Japan remains the only in-depth treatment of the Japanese middle class. Now in a fiftieth-anniversary edition that includes a new foreword by William W. Kelly, this seminal work paints a rich and complex picture of the life of the salaryman and his family.In 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburb, living among and interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Tracing the rapid postwar economic growth that led to hiring large numbers of workers who were provided lifelong employment, the authors show how this phenomenon led to a new social class-the salaried men and their families. It was a well-educated group that prepared their children rigorously for the same successful corporate or government jobs they held. Secure employment and a rising standard of living enabled this new middle class to set the dominant pattern of social life that influenced even those who could not share it, a pattern that remains fundamental to Japanese society today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67886266122528,"sku":"NEW144222195X","price":52.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/613dfS6tvaL.jpg?v=1792520352","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/en-gb\/products\/japans-new-middle-class-asiapacificperspectives-144222195x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}