In close association : local activist networks in the making of Japanese modernity, 1868-1920 / Marnie S. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Marnie S., 1975- author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 453.

Harvard East Asian monographs; 453

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social networks--Japan--History.

Social networks.

Community activists--Japan--History.

Community activists.

Women political activists--Japan--History.

Women political activists.

Okayama-shi (Japan)--Civilization--19th century.

Okayama-shi (Japan).

Okayama-shi (Japan)--Civilization--20th century.

Japan--History--Meiji period, 1868-1912.

Japan.

Civilization.

Japan--Okayama-shi.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2022.

Summary:

"The first English-language study to examine local networks of women and men who built modern Japan in the Meiji period. It uncovers how a colorful group of Okayama-based activists founded institutions, promoted social reform, and advocated "civilization and enlightenment" while forging pathbreaking conceptions of self and society. Placing gender analysis at its core, the study offers fresh perspectives on what women did beyond domestic boundaries while showing men's lives too were embedded in home and kin"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Nakagawa Yokotarō-A Samurai Reborn in Meiji Japan

Sumiya Koume, From Concubine to Activist and Hidden Leader

The Okayama Women's Friendship Society and Women's Political Life

Configurations of Activism: A Couple and the Single Ladies

Epilogue: After Meiji: The Legacy of the Okayama Networks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Anderson, Marnie S. In close association

ISBN:

9780674278257

0674278259

OCLC:

1295804793