Title: Yobiko life :
Authors: Tsukada, Mamoru.
Date: 1991
Publisher: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Center for Japanese Studies,
Physical description: viii, 119 pages ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: L
Contents: 1. Introduction: Legitimating Social Stratification through Educational Competition -- 2. The Social and Historical Context of the Yobiko and Ronin -- 3. Studying the Yobiko and Ronin Students -- 4. Failure and Starting Over -- 5. The Middle Perspective: Struggling Ronin and the Stratification Process -- 6. The Final Perspective: The End of Ronin Life -- 7. The consequences of Ronin Life -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix: Methods in Data Collection and an Epilogue.
Notes: Based on a dissertation submitted to the Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, in 1988.
Subject headings (LCSH): Education--Japan; Education--Social aspects--Japan.; Social classes--Japan.; Universities and colleges--Japan--Entrance examinations.