This book combines the work of 18 international scholars in the first comprehensive study of contemporary regional shrinkage under Japan's national depopulation. The contributions have been arranged thematically, and interspersed throughout the book are tables, charts, diagrams and photographs...

Introduction: remittance space: buildings as evidence of social change -- The remittance house: dream homes at a distance -- Tres por uno: the spatial legacy of remittance policy -- El jaripeo: the gendered spectacle of remittance -- La casa de cultura: norteño institutions transform public...