Suye mura
Subtitle: a Japanese village
By: by John Fee Embree.
Series: The University of Chicago publications in anthropology.  Ethnological series; University of Chicago publications in anthropology
Publisher: The University of Chicago press
Published: 1939
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
Subjects: Suye mura (Japan); Japan -- Social life and customs.; Japan -- Civilization.
Notes: Published also without thesis note.

"The present study is part of a larger research on types of society in eastern Asia being made by the Social science division of the University of Chicago under the direction of Professor A. R. Radcliffe-Brown."--Pref.

Thesis (PH.D)--University of Chicago, 1937.

Bibliography: p. 327-329.
Table of contents: pagenum: xxiii
class: part
title: List of Illustrations; pagenum: xxvii
title: List of Tables; label: I
pagenum: 1
title: Historical Background; title: Village Organization
pagenum: 12
label: II; pagenum: 12
title: Geographic Orientation; pagenum: 19
title: Suye Mura and Near-by Towns; pagenum: 22
title: Village and Hamlet; pagenum: 26
title: The Organization of the buraku; pagenum: 32
title: Formations of a New buraku; pagenum: 33
title: The Co-operative Neighborhood Group; pagenum: 36
title: Agricultural Products, Tools, and Machines; pagenum: 47
title: The Seasons; pagenum: 50
title: Village Specialists; pagenum: 59
title: Mura Unifiers; pagenum: 68
title: Population, Immigration, and Emigration; pagenum: 74
title: Changing Range of the Villagers' World; label: III
pagenum: 79
title: Family and Household; pagenum: 79
title: Family and Adoption; pagenum: 89
title: The Household; pagenum: 99
title: Parties and Banquets; pagenum: 104
title: Songs and Dances; label: IV
pagenum: 112
title: Forms of Co-operation; pagenum: 112
title: Introduction; pagenum: 113
title: Rotating Responsibility; pagenum: 121
title: Civic Co-operation; pagenum: 125
title: Helping Co-operation; pagenum: 132
title: Exchange Labor; pagenum: 138
title: Co-0operative Credit Clubs; pagenum: 153
title: Exchange; title: Social Classes and Associations
pagenum: 158
label: V; pagenum: 158
title: Social Classes; pagenum: 163
title: Associations; pagenum: 170
title: Social Sanctions; pagenum: 173
title: Avoidance; pagenum: 174
title: Misfits; pagenum: 176
title: Geisha; title: The Life-History of the Individual
pagenum: 178
label: VI; pagenum: 178
title: Birth; pagenum: 184
title: Education and School; pagenum: 193
title: Adolescence; pagenum: 195
title: Conscription; pagenum: 203
title: Marriage; pagenum: 214
title: Sixty-first Birthday; pagenum: 215
title: Death; title: Religion
pagenum: 221
label: VII; pagenum: 221
title: Introduction; pagenum: 222
title: Shinto; pagenum: 229
title: Buddhism; pagenum: 237
title: The Popular Gods; pagenum: 245
title: Stones, Images, and Wayside Offerings; pagenum: 250
title: Healing Priests; pagenum: 256
title: Bewitchment, Dog Spirits, and Foxes; pagenum: 259
title: Beliefs Surrounding the Three Crises of Life; pagenum: 263
title: The Yearly Festival Calendar; title: Changes Observable in the Social Organization of Suye Mura
pagenum: 299
label: VIII; label: Appendix; title: Economic Base
pagenum: 313
label: I; title: Household Expenses
pagenum: 318
label: II; label: III
pagenum: 319
title: Talks at a Meeting to Encourage Taxpaying; label: IV
pagenum: 323
title: Speach of Shinshu Priest; label: V
pagenum: 326
title: Speach of Shinto Priest; pagenum: 327
label: Bibliography; pagenum: 333
label: Index