LEADER 02736oam 2200625I 450 001 9910790736603321 005 20230126203723.0 010 $a0-367-02696-1 010 $a1-315-02910-3 010 $a1-136-86090-8 010 $a1-136-86083-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315029108 035 $a(CKB)2550000001172086 035 $a(EBL)1583148 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001305793 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11743415 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001305793 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11273546 035 $a(PQKB)10937178 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1583148 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1583148 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10875604 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL553391 035 $a(OCoLC)866858311 035 $a(OCoLC)958103964 035 $a(OCoLC)866843138 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB137700 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001172086 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHousing in postwar Japan $ea social history /$fAnn Waswo 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (156 p.) 300 $aFirst published 2002 by RoutledgeCurzon. 311 $a0-7007-1517-7 311 $a1-306-22140-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Experiencing the Housing Crisis, by Ky6ko Sasaki; 3. Housing Policy in Early Postwar Japan; 4. Toward a Lifestyle Revolution; 5. Selling the Home Ownership Dream; 6. Housing in Greater Tokyo; 7. Japanese Housing at Century's End; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aRadical changes in the design of housing in post-war Japan had numerous effects on the Japanese people. Public policy toward housing provision and the effects of escalating land prices in Tokyo and a few other very large cities in the country from the mid- to late 1970s onward are examined, but it is dwellings themselves and the slow but steady shift from a floor-sitting to a chair-sitting housing culture in urban and suburban parts of the country that figure most prominently in the discussion. Central to the book is the author's translation of an account written by Kyoko Sasaki, an observ 606 $aHousing$zJapan$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aJapan$xSocial conditions$y1945- 615 0$aHousing$xHistory 676 $a363.5/0952/09045 700 $aWaswo$b Ann$0250785 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790736603321 996 $aHousing in postwar Japan$93742344 997 $aUNINA