Shrinking Japan and Regional Variations: Along the Sannyodo

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Taking the Goki-Shichido (Five Home Provinces and Seven Circuits of Ancient Japan) as a theoretical framework, this book examines shrinking Japan from a regional variation perspective by municipality along the ancient Sannyodo, which comprises eight provinces and four prefectures today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-05-21
Mått:155 x 235 x 9 mm
Vikt:242 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
Antal sidor:132
Upplaga:2024
Förlag:Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:9789819710065

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Fumie Kumagai (Ph.D.) is a professor emeritus of Kyorin University in Tokyo. She holds an American doctorate in sociology with extensive experiences in the West as a student, a college professor, and the researcher. Her overseas experience affords her a unique cross-cultural perspective in the field of families and demography, social issues, and intercultural communication. Her major interest is in regional variations on Japanese population, families, and socio-cultural characteristics based on municipality, but not by prefecture, or Japan by any means. She has published 30 volumes of books and monographs in Japanese and/or English, including the one forthcoming. Of them, her sole-authored books in English include Unmasking Japan Today: The Impact of Traditional Values on Modern Japanese Society (1996, Prager), Families in Japan: Changes, Continuities, and Regional Variations (2008, University Press of America), Family Issues onMarriage, Divorce, and Older Adults in Japan: With Special Attention to Regional Variations (2015, Springer), Municipal Power and Population Decline in Japan: Goki-Shichido and Regional Variations (2020, Springer), Shrinking Japan and Regional Variations: Along the Hokurikudo and the Tosando, I and II (2021, Springer), Shrinking Japan and Regional Variations: Along the Tokaido (2023, Springer), Shrinking Japan and Regional Variations: Along the Sannyodo (forthcoming, Springer),and numerous numbers of refereed articles in such journals as Journal of Family History, Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, and Victimology.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: The Sannyodo of the Goki-Shichido.- Hiroshima Prefecture along the Sannyodo of the Goki-Shichido and Regional Variations.- Yamaguchi Prefecture along the Sannyodo of the Goki-Shichido and Regional Variations.- Epilogue: What Will the Population Be Along the Sannyodo beyond the Coronavirus Pandemic.- Author Index.- Subject Index.