Uno, Kyoji (editor)

Beikoku Shakai no Ankokumen: Daitokai no Uraomote [The Dark Side of American Society: The Two Faces of a Great Metropolis]

Tokyo: Daikosha, 1928. [2],6,296,[4]pp. Original color-printed wrappers. Light foxing and dust soiling to wraps. Moderate tanning, heavier at edges. Very good. Item #3708

"Analysis of American society in the late 1920s by an anonymous Japanese observer living in the United States. The author comments on a wide range of subjects including housing, food, transport, labor unions, courtship, gender roles, marriage and religion. The author shares candid observations and comparisons between America and Japan." -- Huntington Library. An attractive copy in the publisher's original decorated wrappers, inscribed on the front free endpaper. OCLC locates only the copy at the Huntington.

Price: $3,250.00