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Subject(s)

• Children—Japan—History [Browse]
• Children—Japan—Social conditions [Browse]
• Parent and child—Japan—History [Browse]
• Child rearing—Japan—History [Browse]
• Japan—History—Restoration, 1853-1870 [Browse]

Editor

• Galan, Christian [Browse]
• Salomon, Harald [Browse]

Series

Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia ; 186. [More in this series]

Biographical/​Historical note

Christian Galan is a Professor of Japanese Studies at the University Toulouse-Jean Jaurs̈, France, Researcher at the French Research Institute on East Asia in Paris, and the co-director of the Collection Japon at Belles Lettres. Harald Salomon is the Director of the Mori Ogai Center and a Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Humboldt-Universitt̃ zu Berlin, Germany.

Summary note

"This book bridges the gap between historical research on Japan and the field of childhood history by writing children and childhood into the general historical record of the Meiji period. To explore the widely varying circumstances of childhood during the Japanese transition to modernity, the volume presents survey studies and "snapshots" of historical moments by authors from Europe, Japan, and North America. These histories of children and childhood address various thematic aspects, from birth and child-rearing to the representation of childhood in literary works, and these are approached from differing angles, in terms of theoretical perspectives and methodology. The contributions display a particular awareness for the problem of sources in writing the history of childhood and youth. In doing so, they provide precious insights into notions of childhood and children's living circumstances, also beyond the urban centres of evolving modern Japan. Exploring a wealth of sources including autobiographies, educational essays, government documents, children's literature, youth journals and medical manuals, this will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Japanese history, children's studies, the history of education and social policy more broadly"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 28, 2024).

ISBN

• 9781003128069 (electronic bk.)
• 100383003X (electronic book)
• 1003128068 (electronic book)
• 9781003830085 (electronic book)
• 1003830080 (electronic book)
• 9781003830030 ((electronic bk.))

LCCN

2023038182

OCLC

1396988386

Doi

• 10.4324/9781003128069

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