Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan

A sweeping work of original scholarship, Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan examines the daily lives of Japan's hinmin (poor people), particularly urban slum-dwellers, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. James Huffman recreate for readers life as experienced by the poor themselves-something not attempted before in scholarship on this era.

About the author

James L. Huffman is H. Orth Hirt Professor of History Emeritus at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. He lives now in Chicago.

Summary

A sweeping work of original scholarship, Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan examines the daily lives of Japan's hinmin (poor people), particularly urban slum-dwellers, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. James Huffman recreate for readers life as experienced by the poor themselves-something not attempted before in scholarship on this era.

Product details

• Authors: James L Huffman, James L. Huffman
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780824883133
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-8313-3
• No. of pages: 362
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 499 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research