Japan's New Middle Class by Ezra F. Vogel, Suzanne Hall Vogel... - 9781442221956

Japan's New Middle ClassAuthor(s): Ezra F. Vogel, Suzanne Hall Vogel, William W. Kelly\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield\nISBN-13: 9781442221956, 978-1442221956\nSynopsis\nThis 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. \n\nIn 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 classthe salaried men and their families. It was a well-educated group that prepared their children rigorously for the sam.