Tsukiji by Theodore C Bestor

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In the centre of Tokyo, the world's biggest fish market is a complex socio-economic environment staging daily auctions and also host to hundreds of stalls that sell to the public. Theodore Bestor explores the social and commercial relationships that make the system work.

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Tsukiji by Theodore C Bestor

In the centre of Tokyo, the world's biggest fish market is a complex socio-economic environment staging daily auctions and also host to hundreds of stalls that sell to the public. Theodore Bestor explores the social and commercial relationships that make the system work.
Theodore C. Bestor is Professor of Anthropology and Japanese Studies at Harvard University and past President of the American Anthropological Association's East Asian Studies Section and the Society for Urban Anthropology. His publications include Neighborhood Tokyo (1989), Doing Fieldwork in Japan (coeditor, 2003), and "How Sushi Went Global" in Foreign Policy (2000).
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ISBN 13 9780520220249
ISBN 10 0520220242
Title Tsukiji
Author Theodore C Bestor
Series California Studies In Food And Culture
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of California Press
Year published 2004-07-13
Number of pages 439
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