Table of Contents

Preface List of Illustrations 1. On the Banks of the Agano 2. The Making of a Japanese Citizen 3. The Village Goes to War 4. Rural Life Under the Occupation 5. Red Carpets and Whisky Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Simon Partner is Associate Professor of Japanese History at Duke University. He is the author of Assembled in Japan: Electrical Goods and the Making of the Japanese Consumer (California, 1999).