Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives : A Study of the Political and Economic Change in a Tohoku Village

CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION Chapter One TANOHATA EMERGES Chapter Two THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT, 1955-82 Chapter Three THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT: HAYANO IN THE LEAD Chapter Four EDUCATION AS SOCIAL ENGINEERING: THE FULCRUM AND THE LEVER Chapter Five THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR JOBS Chapter Six THE HYBRID ENTERPRISE AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Chapter Seven CONCLUSION APPENDIXES NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR This study of the dramatic economic transformation of the Japanese village of Tanohata explores how the isolated fishing community has entered the mainstream of Japanese culture since the 1950s. It documents how the traditional role of the rural household has acted as a basis for innovation.