Down and out in late Meiji Japan /

This work examines the daily lives of Japan's very poor-the kaso shakai or underclass-during the last half of the Meiji era (1868-1912). Focusing on urban slums (hinminkutsu), it attempts to understand how poor people themselves experienced life.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Huffman, James L., 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2018]
Temas:
1868-1912
Urban poor > Japan > History.
Urban poor > Japan > Social conditions.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Japon > Histoire.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Japon > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Urban poor
Urban poor > Social conditions
Japan > History > Meiji period, 1868-1912.
Japon > Histoire > 1868-1912 (Ère Meiji)
Japan
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The slum setting : moving in and settling down
  • Earning a living : making and building things
  • Earning a living : movers and servers
  • Making a life : at home
  • Shadows and storms : endurance
  • The sun also shone : embracing life
  • Poverty on the farm : a comparative look
  • Poverty abroad : Hawaiʻi's sugar fields.

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