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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195386337
• ISBN13: 9780195386332
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"