Society and the State in Interwar Japan.
Title:
Society and the State in Interwar Japan.
Author:
Tipton, Elise K.
ISBN:
9780203084922
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (256 pages)
Series:
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
Contents:
Cover -- Society and the state in interwar Japan -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series editor's preface -- List of plates -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Women primary school teachers and the state in interwar Japan -- 3 Birth control and the population problem -- 4 Artists and the state: the image of China -- 5 Angry young men and the Japanese state: Nagano Prefecture, 1930-33 -- 6 Narratives of struggle: writing and the making of socialist women in Japan -- 7 Corporate control and labouring lives: coalmining in interwar Japan -- 8 Problems of assimilation: the Koreans -- 9 The great dialect debate: the state and language policy in Okinawa -- 10 Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
The social history of Japan between the First and Second World Wars is a neglected area of study. The contributors to this volume consider factors such as nationalism, class, gender and race. They also explore the ideas and activities of a number of new social and political groups, such as the urban white collar class (including middle class working women), socialists, industrial workers and emigrants. The book questions the myth of Japanese homogeneity, and gives an emphasis to the diversity, cross-currents and socio-political tensions that characterised the 1920s and 1930s.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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