Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan

by James L. Huffman

Book Overview

A sweeping work of original scholarship, Down and Out in Late Meiji Japan examines the daily lives of Japan's hinmin (poor people), particularly urban slum-dwellers, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. James Huffman draws on newspaper articles, official surveys, and reminiscences to recreate for readers life as experienced by the poor themselves--something not attempted before in scholarship on this era. He begins by explaining the causes behind...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824883136
• ISBN13: 9780824883133
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"