The mayor of Aihara
Subtitle: a Japanese villager and his community, 1865 to 1925
By: Simon Partner.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780520258587; 9780520258594
Subjects: Aizawa, Kikutarō, -- 1866-1962; Mayors -- Japan -- Aihara-mura (Kanagawa-ken) -- Biography; Aihara-mura (Kanagawa-ken, Japan) -- History -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The village enters the modern era (1866 to 1885); title: Born in troubled times; title: Building a new nation; title: Hardship and protest; title: From farm manager to independent landowner (1885 to; title: 1894); title: A young man of the enlightenment; title: Reaching maturity in momentous times; title: Towards independence; title: For village and nation (1894 to 1908); title: The nation comes of age; title: Politics on the kantq plain; title: The mantle of responsibility; title: The hour of need; title: The railway comes to Hashimoto; title: The mayor of Aihara (1908/1918); title: Mayor of  Aihara; title: Technology and change; title: A great sadness; title: A world transformed (1918/1926); title: An unprecedented economy; title: A modern village; title: The world turned upside down; title: The family patriarch; title: Conclusion.