Tsukiji : the fish market at the center of the world /

Bestor, Theodore C.

Tsukiji : the fish market at the center of the world / Theodore C. Bestor. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004. - xxviii, 411 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - California studies in food and culture ; 11 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-383) and index.

Tokyo's pantry -- Grooved channels -- From landfill to marketplace -- The raw and the cooked -- Visible hands -- Family/firm -- Trading places -- Full circle.

0520220234 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520220242 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Tōkyō-to Chūō Oroshiuri Shijō--History.


Markets--History.--Japan--Tokyo
Seafood industry--History.--Japan--Tokyo


Tokyo (Japan)--Social life and customs.

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