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1 online resource (xiii, 247 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Following the Second World War, a massive land reclamation project to boost Japan's rice production capacity led to the transformation of the shallow lagoon of Hachirogata in Akita Prefecture into a seventeen-thousand-hectare expanse of farmland. In 1964, the village of Ogata-mura was founded on the empoldered land inside the lagoon and nearly six hundred pioneers from across the country were brought to settle there. The village was to be a model of a new breed of highly mechanized, efficient rice agriculture; however, the village's purpose was jeopardized when the demand for rice fell, and th. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Ethnology -- Japan -- Ōgata-mura (Akita-ken)
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Ethnology. |
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Japan -- Ōgata-mura (Akita-ken) |
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Agriculture -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Ōgata-mura (Akita-ken)
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Agriculture -- Social aspects. |
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Community life -- Japan -- Ōgata-mura (Akita-ken)
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Community life. |
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Ōgata-mura (Akita-ken, Japan) -- Social conditions.
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Ōgata-mura (Akita-ken, Japan) -- Economic conditions.
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Ōgata-mura (Akita-ken, Japan) -- Politics and government.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Economic history. |
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Politics and government. |
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Social conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wood, Donald C. Ogata-mura. New York : Berghahn Books, ©2012 9780857455246 (DLC) 2012001645 (OCoLC)775271558 |
| ISBN |
9780857455260 (electronic book) |
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0857455265 (electronic book) |
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9780857455246 |
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0857455249 |
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9781283902465 |
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128390246X |
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