Lost in Transition: Youth, work, and instability in postindustrial Japan

Lost in Transition: Youth, Work, and Instability in Postindustrial Japan

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-203

  Brinton, Mary C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511762741     Document Type: Book

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