the underside of modern Japan
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Hane, Mikiso
- Publish Year
- 2003
- Shelfmark
- B5109 - B
- Thesaurus
- sociale ongelijkheid, armoede, vrouwenbewegingen, sociale problemen, sociale stratificatie, historische perioden, 19e eeuw, 20e eeuw, Japan
- Description
- Using diaries, memoirs, fiction and eyewitness accounts the author describes the social history of the underpriviliged people in Japan, starting with the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and their endurance throughout the era of economic growth towards a modern nation as Japan is today. This second edition is enhanced by an updated epilogue and a new chapter on women activists as Kanno Suga, Kaneko Fumiko and Ito Noe.