Tokyo

Auteur

Eiko Maruko Siniawer is Class of 1955 Memorial Professor of History at Williams College, specializing in the history of modern Japan. Her previous publications include Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists: The Violent Politics of Modern Japan, 1860-1960 and Waste: Consuming Postwar Japan.

Texte du rabat

"From sleepy fishing village to vibrant global metropolis, Eiko Maruko Siniawer guides readers through Tokyo's rich history, revealing four centuries of transformation deeply woven into its fabric. Emphasizing the city's human heart, she conveys a vivid sense of time, culture, and place through ten moments that have shaped its many lives"--

Contenu

Prologue; 1. Founding the shogun's capital; 2. Becoming the city of Edoites; 3. Seismic shocks; 4. Modernizing the nation's capital; 5. The politics of public space; 6. Tokyo modern: Destruction and reconstruction of the cosmopolitan city; 7. The militarized city; 8. Dreams and disappointments; 9. Global capital; 10. Past and present.