Peasants, rebels, and outcastes : the underside of modern Japan / by Mikiso Hane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hane, Mikiso.

Contributor:

Milton Mausner Collection of Lafcadio Hearn (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Social conditions.

Japan.

Social conditions.

Japan--History--19th century.

History.

Japan--History--20th century.

Penn Provenance:

Mausner, Milton A., Estate of (donor) (Mausner Collection copy)

Mausner, Milton A., 1918-2012 (former owner) (Mausner Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii, 297 pages : maps ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pantheon, [1982]

Summary:

Using diaries, memoirs, fiction, trial testimony, personal recollections, and eyewitness accounts, Mikiso Hane weaves a fascinating tale of what it was like to be an ordinary Japanese during this last century of startling economic growth. Rescuing vivid, often wrenching accounts of peasants, miners, textile workers, rebels, and prostitutes, he forces us to see Japan's 'modern century' (from the beginnings of contact with the West to defeat in World War II) through fresh eyes. In doing so, he presents a formidable challenge to the success story of Japan's 'economic miracle.'

Contents:

Modernization and the peasants

Farming and farm life

Morals and mores

Rural women

The struggle for survival

The outcaste in Japan

The textile factory workers

Poverty and prostitution

The coal miners

Epilogue : the postwar years.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-291) and index.

Local Notes:

Mausner Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by the estate of Milton A. Mausner.

Mausner Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0394519639

9780394519630

0394710401

9780394710402

OCLC:

7998727