Tokyo: A Cultural History

by Stephen Mansfield

Book Overview

Tokyo seems like an ultra modern--even postmodern--city, with its inventive skyscrapers and digitized surfaces. But it is also a city where past, present, and future coexist--where backstreets both inspire science fiction and host wooden temples, fox shrines, and Buddhist statues that evoke past ages. In this addition to Oxford's Cityscapes series, Stephen Mansfield explores a city rich in diversity, tracing its evolution from the founding of its...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195386345
• ISBN13: 9780195386349
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"