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Allison Bolton: My research contrasted cultural narratives surrounding Japan’s period of high-speed economic growth with realities of corporate policy and uneven development in Urban Osaka, through the lens of Miyamoto Teru’s 1978 novel Dōtonborigawa. I examine the book’s themes and motifs and relate them to the socioeconomic shifts they represent.