Peasants, Rebels, Women, and Outcastes: The Underside of Modern Japan

Now updated with a substantive new introduction, this compelling social history uses diaries, memoirs, fiction, trial testimony, personal recollections, and eyewitness accounts to weave a fascinating tale of what ordinary Japanese endured throughout their country's era of booming economic growth.

Author: Mikiso Hane
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 11/14/2016
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781442274174
ISBN10: 1442274174
BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia | Japan
- History | Social History

About the Author
Mikiso Hane (1922-2003) was professor emeritus of history at Knox College. Samuel H. Yamashita is Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History at Pomona College.