Japanese Working Class Lives is an ethnographic study of the lives of Japanese workers in small firms and examines their experiences of working life, leisure and education. This case study of the Shintani Metals Company illustrates the ways in which employees' lives extend beyond their work....

Intro -- CONTENTS -- To the Working-classes of Great Britain -- Preface to the First German Edition -- Preface to the American Edition -- Preface to the English Edition -- From the Preface to the Second German Edition -- Introduction -- The Industrial Proletariat -- The Great Towns --...