
Organized Workers and Socialist Politics in Interwar Japan
Stephen S. Large(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 25. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-521-13631-0 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1981, this book, a political history of organised labour in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s, broke ground in research on the Japanese socialist movement by examining the movement from the perspective of the unions, which then provided the socialist parties with much of their popular support. Focusing on the Japan General Federation of Labour, an important pacesetter for labour politics, the author analyses why a significant cross-section of organised workers began the 1920s with promising vitality and high hopes of contributing to a progressive, socialist reconstruction of Japan, only to abandon this political commitment in the 1930s, with adverse consequences both for the unions and for their political party allies. Throughout, the author assesses Japanese and Western interpretations of Japanese society and politics in seeking a balanced understanding of the dynamics and significance of popular social protest in the critical interwar decades.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-13631-0 (9780521136310)
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Organized Workers and Socialist Politics in Interwar Japan
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08/1981
Cambridge University Press
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Stephen S. Large
Organized Workers and Socialist Politics in Interwar Japan
Book
08/1981
Cambridge University Press
€37.14
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Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Labour's image of the past in 1919-1920; 2. Anarchism, socialism and communism in the labour movement, 1920-1923; 3. The communist offensive and the 1925 labour split; 4. Industrial paternalism and Sodomei-Hyogikai rivalry in the factories; 5. Labour and the socialist party movement, 1925-1928; 6. Labour's retreat from socialist politics, 1929-1932; 7. Labour becalmed, 1932-1936; 8. Toward dissolution, 1936-1940; Conclusion; Appendix; Figures; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.