
A Time of Crisis
Japan, the Great Depression, and Rural Revitalization
Kerry Smith(Author)
Harvard University, Asia Center (Publisher)
Published on 16. April 2001
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-674-00370-5 (ISBN)
Description
This study of Japan's transformation by the economic crises of the 1930s focuses on efforts to overcome the effects of the Great Depression in rural areas, particularly the activities of local activists and policymakers in Tokyo. The author argues that these efforts changed the nation's thinking about the countryside, as well as Japan's conception of its economic and cultural relationship to the nation, in ways that have important implications for our understanding of both the war years and the postwar reconstruction. The reactions of inhabitants of rural areas to the depression shed new light on how average Japanese responded to the problems of modernization and how they re-created the countryside.
Reviews / Votes
Smith has produced a groundbreaking study of the impact of the Great Depression on Japan in the 1930s. The early 1930s, when Japan was wracked by internal and external problems, was called a 'time of crisis' by contemporary Japanese...This unique and insightful look at a crucial time in modern Japanese history is highly recommended. -- M. D. Ericson * Choice *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 maps, 9 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
862 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-00370-5 (9780674003705)
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Person
Kerry Smith is Associate Professor of History at Brown University.