Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes - The Underside of Modern Japan

Now updated with a substantive new introduction, this compelling social history uses diaries, memoirs, fiction, trial testimony, personal recollections, and eyewitness accounts to weave a fascinating tale of what ordinary Japanese endured throughout their country's era of booming economic growth.

A propos de l'auteur

Mikiso Hane (1922-2003) was professor emeritus of history at Knox College. Samuel H. Yamashita is Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History at Pomona College.

Résumé

Now updated with a substantive new introduction, this compelling social history uses diaries, memoirs, fiction, trial testimony, personal recollections, and eyewitness accounts to weave a fascinating tale of what ordinary Japanese endured throughout their country's era of booming economic growth.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Mikiso Hane
• Collaboration: Yamashita Samuel H. (Introduction)
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781442274167
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7416-7
• Pages: 392
• Thèmes: Asian Voices; Asian Voices (Hardcover); Asian Voices; Asian Voices (Hardcover)
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Politics & government, Politics and government, Asian History, Human rights, civil rights, Japan;Modern Century;Modernization, Japan; Modern Century; Modernization