Author: Alisa Freedman
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804771456
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism.
Tokyo in Transit
Author: Alisa Freedman
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804771456
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804771456
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This work discusses literary depictions of mass transit in 20th century Tokyo in the decades preceding WWII. It cuts across literary and historical/sociological analysis, and contributes to the growing body of work examining Japanese urbanism, gender, and modernism.
Tokyo Transit Book
Author: Garry Bassin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784789005609
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784789005609
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Tokyo Transit Book
Author: Garry Bassin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784789011891
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784789011891
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
An Anthropology of the Machine
Author: Michael Fisch
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022655869X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
“An astute account of [Tokyo’s] commuter train network . . . and an intellectually stimulating invitation to rethink the interaction between humans and machines.” —Japan Forum With its infamously packed cars and disciplined commuters, Tokyo’s commuter train network is one of the most complex technical infrastructures on Earth. In An Anthropology of the Machine, Michael Fisch provides a nuanced perspective on how Tokyo’s commuter train network embodies the lived realities of technology in our modern world. Drawing on his fine-grained knowledge of transportation, work, and everyday life in Tokyo, Fisch shows how fitting into a system that operates on the extreme edge of sustainability can take a physical and emotional toll on a community while also creating a collective way of life—one with unique limitations and possibilities. An Anthropology of the Machine is a creative ethnographic study of the culture, history, and experience of commuting in Tokyo. At the same time, it is a theoretically ambitious attempt to think through our very relationship with technology and our possible ecological futures. Fisch provides an unblinking glimpse into what it might be like to inhabit a future in which more and more of our infrastructure—and the planet itself—will have to operate beyond capacity to accommodate our ever-growing population. “Not a ‘rage against the machine’ but an urge to find new ways of coexisting with technology.” —Contemporary Japan “An extraordinary study.” —Ethnos “A fascinating in-depth account of the innovations, inventions, sacrifices, and creativity required to ensure Tokyo’s millions of commuters keep rolling. It also provides much food for thought as our transportation systems become increasingly reliant on automated technology.” —Pacific Affairs
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022655869X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
“An astute account of [Tokyo’s] commuter train network . . . and an intellectually stimulating invitation to rethink the interaction between humans and machines.” —Japan Forum With its infamously packed cars and disciplined commuters, Tokyo’s commuter train network is one of the most complex technical infrastructures on Earth. In An Anthropology of the Machine, Michael Fisch provides a nuanced perspective on how Tokyo’s commuter train network embodies the lived realities of technology in our modern world. Drawing on his fine-grained knowledge of transportation, work, and everyday life in Tokyo, Fisch shows how fitting into a system that operates on the extreme edge of sustainability can take a physical and emotional toll on a community while also creating a collective way of life—one with unique limitations and possibilities. An Anthropology of the Machine is a creative ethnographic study of the culture, history, and experience of commuting in Tokyo. At the same time, it is a theoretically ambitious attempt to think through our very relationship with technology and our possible ecological futures. Fisch provides an unblinking glimpse into what it might be like to inhabit a future in which more and more of our infrastructure—and the planet itself—will have to operate beyond capacity to accommodate our ever-growing population. “Not a ‘rage against the machine’ but an urge to find new ways of coexisting with technology.” —Contemporary Japan “An extraordinary study.” —Ethnos “A fascinating in-depth account of the innovations, inventions, sacrifices, and creativity required to ensure Tokyo’s millions of commuters keep rolling. It also provides much food for thought as our transportation systems become increasingly reliant on automated technology.” —Pacific Affairs
Metro Maps of the World
Author: Mark Ovenden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Tokyo Transit Book「The 8th Edition」
Author: ギャリー・バッサン
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784789013437
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784789013437
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Underground
Author: Haruki Murakami
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375725806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world. On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375725806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
In this haunting work of journalistic investigation, Haruki Murakami tells the story of the horrific terrorist attack on Japanese soil that shook the entire world. On a clear spring day in 1995, five members of a religious cult unleashed poison gas on the Tokyo subway system. In attempt to discover why, Haruki Murakmi talks to the people who lived through the catastrophe, and in so doing lays bare the Japanese psyche. As he discerns the fundamental issues that led to the attack, Murakami paints a clear vision of an event that could occur anytime, anywhere.
The Tokyo Transit Book
Author: Garry Bassin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784789002097
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784789002097
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Tokyo Transit Book-Bassin
Author: Japan Publication Trading Company
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784789002097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784789002097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Transit Metropolis
Author: Robert Cervero
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The author has spent more than three years studying cities around the world, and he makes a compelling case that metropolitan areas of any size and with any growth pattern - from highly compact to widely dispersed - can develop successful mass transit systems."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The author has spent more than three years studying cities around the world, and he makes a compelling case that metropolitan areas of any size and with any growth pattern - from highly compact to widely dispersed - can develop successful mass transit systems."--BOOK JACKET.