Men of Uncertainty by Tom Gill
Focusing mainly on the day-laboring district of Yokohama, and with extensive comparative ethnography from five other cities, author Tom Gill finds a society of men who have opted out of the regular, communal way of life. This book details their libertarian, egalitarian lifestyle, oriented to the present yet colored by an awareness that in Japan today being a yoseba man usually means exclusion from mainstream society, absence of family life, and a career that can easily lead to homelessness and an early death on the street.
"The topic is important because it illustrates one of the little-known underlying bases of Japan's huge economy, as well as internal contradictions in Japan's supposedly smooth-running society, and Japan's poor record at handling specific social problemsThe writing is elegant and crisp. The topic is fascinating. The author knows the subject extraordinarily well, and has organized his material into a truly fine book." — Roman Cybriwsky, author of Tokyo: The Shogun's City at the Twenty-first Century
"This is an important book, comprehensively treating a stratum of Japanese workers who have not yet been thoroughly described in an English-language monograph. It will make a major impact." — Gary P. Leupp, author of Servants, Shophands, and Laborers in the Cities of Tokugawa Japan
Tom Gill is Associate Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences, Tokyo University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791448274 |
| ISBN 10 | 0791448274 |
| Title | Men of Uncertainty |
| Author | Tom Gill |
| Series | Suny Series In Japan In Transition |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 2001-01-11 |
| Number of pages | 281 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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