Japan's Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930

by W. Puck Brecher

Japan's Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930 traces the shifting nature of autonomy in early modern and modern Japan. In this far-reaching, interdisciplinary study, W. Puck Brecher explores the historical development of the private and its evolving relationship with public authority, a dynamic that evokes stereotypes about an alleged dearth of individual agency in Japanese society. It does so through a montage of case studies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004447547
• ISBN13: 9789004447547
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.8"