Speed Tribes

Speed Tribes Children of the Japanese Bubble

Paperback (28 Feb 1995)

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Publisher's Synopsis

A leading Japanese journalist gives an analysis and descriptive account of Tokyo's current youth culture and modern Japanese society. He examines why 40 million young people between the ages of 15 and 30 are breaking away from traditional society to seek quick money and new ways of life - technology, drugs, free sex, punk rock. Many school drop-outs join the "tribes" of lawless bikers hoping to be accepted into the immensely wealthy underworld gangs of the Yazuka.;Each chapter of the book tells the story of a single character, and the range is broad - from drug dealers, office girls and hostesses, to students at Tokyo's most prestigious university.

Book information

ISBN: 9780752216775
Publisher: Boxtree
Imprint: Boxtree
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.0952
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 242
Weight: -1g
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm