Part One: the significance of salary--the problem and its setting--the bureaucratic setting in perspective--the gateway to salary: infernal entrance examinations--Part two: the family and other social systems--the consumer's bright new life--families new their government--community relationships--basic values--Part three: internal family processes--the decline of the ie ideal--the division of labor in the home--authority in the family--family solidarity--child-rearing--Part four: mamachi in perspective--order amidst rapid social change--beyond salary

1. Japan -- Social conditions
2. Middle classex -- Japan