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 ; Volume 453.

Harvard East Asian Monograph Series ; Volume 453

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women political activists.

Japan--Okayama-shi.

Japan.

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

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

Okayama-shi (Japan).

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

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

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:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-68417-665-4

OCLC:

1309315814