Housing in postwar Japan : a social history / / Ann Waswo

• Autore: Waswo Ann
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (156 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.5/0952/09045
• Soggetto topico: Housing - Japan - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Social conditions 1945-
• Note generali: First published 2002 by RoutledgeCurzon.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Radical 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Housing in postwar Japan
• ISBN: 0-367-02696-1; 1-315-02910-3; 1-136-86090-8; 1-136-86083-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818616603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II