Japanese Society — Chie Nakane

Author: Chie Nakane

Publisher: Penguin Books / Pelican Books

Format: Paperback

Edition: Revised Pelican Books edition, 1973

ISBN: 0140216820

Condition: Second-hand paperback. General wear to the covers and edges, with light creasing, rubbing, small marks, and age toning to pages. Binding appears intact and the book remains a good readable copy. Please see photos for the exact copy available.

Japanese Society is a concise and influential study of Japanese social structure by anthropologist Chie Nakane. Rather than treating Japanese society only through history or culture, Nakane examines how rank, hierarchy, group identity and vertical relationships shape professional, personal, industrial and political life in modern Japan.