Written prior to the arrival of Asian Studies as an academic discipline, the volumes in this set were greeted as ground-breaking, eye-opening and exciting by the critics of the day. Containing in-depth analysis of education, politics, wealth, family, housing and leisure in country and urban areas of Japan, China and Hong Kong, these books are key reading for students and researchers in Asian, Development and Urban Studies. Volumes in this set are: A Chinese Village, Martin C. Yang (1948) 0-415-17558-5:City Life in Japan, R.P. Dore (1958) 0-415-17559-3:Earthbound China, Hsiao Tung-Fei and Chih-I Chang (1949) 0-415-17560-7:Hong Kong: A Society in Transition, Ian Jarvie and Joseph. Agassi (1969) 0-415-17562-3:A Japanese Village, John F. Embree (1946) 0-415-17563-1:Revolution in a Chinese Village: Ten Mile Inn, Isabel Crook and David Crook (1959) 0-415-17565-8: .00