20th century japanese culture
A01=David R. Ambaras
Author_David R. Ambaras
capitalism
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class disparity
cultural history
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imperial japan
imperialism
imperialist expansion
industrialization
japan
japanese history
juvenile delinquency
juvenile protection
modern japan
modernity
nation state formation
national defense state
new state structures
policing
political history
school
social history
social power
social transformation
studies of the weatherhead east asian institute columbia university series
the streets
urban youth
work
Product details
- ISBN 9780520245792
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 09 Dec 2005
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The first in-depth study of the political, social, and cultural history of juvenile delinquency in modern Japan, "Bad Youth" treats the policing of urban youth as a crucial site for the development of new state structures and new forms of social power. Focusing on the years of rapid industrialization and imperialist expansion (1895 to 1945), David R. Ambaras challenges widely held conceptions of a Japan that did not, until recently, experience delinquency and related youth problems. He vividly reconstructs numerous individual life stories in the worlds of home, school, work, and the streets, and he relates the changes that took place during this time of social transformation to the broader processes of capitalist development, nation-state formation, and imperialism.
David R. Ambaras is Assistant Professor of History at North Carolina State University.
