Children as treasures : childhood and the middle class in early twentieth century Japan / Mark A. Jones.
2010
HT690.J3 J66 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Children as treasures : childhood and the middle class in early twentieth century Japan / Mark A. Jones.
ISBN
9780674053342 (alk. paper)
0674053346 (alk. paper)
0674053346 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xii, 407 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HT690.J3 J66 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.230952/09041
Summary
Mark Jones examines the making of a new child's world in Japan between 1890 and 1930 and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children.
Note
Mark Jones examines the making of a new child's world in Japan between 1890 and 1930 and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 328.
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Table of Contents
The moral and the material : the family reformer and the promotion of a middle class
The public professional and the middle class : the scientific expert's quest for social influence
The wise mother and the little citizen : building a middle class
The self-made woman and the superior student : transgressive femininity, educational achievement, and meritocratic modernity
The childlike child : play and the importance of leisure
Epilogue.
The public professional and the middle class : the scientific expert's quest for social influence
The wise mother and the little citizen : building a middle class
The self-made woman and the superior student : transgressive femininity, educational achievement, and meritocratic modernity
The childlike child : play and the importance of leisure
Epilogue.