In Close Association: Local Activist Networks in the Making of Japanese Modernity, 1868-1920

by Marnie S Anderson

In Close Association is the first English-language study of the local networks of women and men who built modern Japan in the Meiji period (1868-1912). Marnie Anderson uncovers in vivid detail how a colorful group of Okayama-based activists founded institutions, engaged in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, promoted social reform, and advocated "civilization and enlightenment" while forging pathbreaking conceptions of self and society...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674278259
• ISBN13: 9780674278257
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"