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Japan's Underclass PB: Day Laborers and the Homeless

Japan's Underclass PB: Day Laborers and the Homeless

Aoki, Hideo

Paperback

Series: Japanese Society

General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral SociologyJapanese History

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ISBN10: 187684325X
ISBN13: 9781876843250
Publisher: Trans Pacific Pr
Published: Jun 1 2006
Pages: 341
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Condemned by economic forces and the prejudices of others to remain forever in the underclass, the homeless and day laborers in present-day affluent Japan struggle to survive in its cities. Japan's Underclass provides a poignant portrait of the conditions endured by these people. Whether they can find work at all, and the nature of any available work, determines their fate. The book examines men who die on the streets, the efforts of volunteers, officialdom's lack of understanding, and of passers-by pointing at these individuals to show their children where failure will lead. Japan's Underclass shows how it is not personal failure, but a variety of economic and life circumstances that has propelled these people into the underclass.

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