Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Preface x
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction: The Village and the Issues 1
7. 1 Agricultural Policy and Regional Politics in Japan 25
8. 2 Reclamation and the Old Social Order 43
9. 3 The Storm and the Aftermath 91
10. 4 Rice: Alliances, Institutions, Frictions 125
11. 5 Politics and the New Social Order 162
12. 6 What Can We Learn from Ogata-mura? 189
13. Afterword 221
14. Bibliography 230
15. Index 240