Title Bad youth : juvenile delinquency and the politics of everyday life in modern Japan / David R. Ambaras

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [2005] ©2005

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Description xii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Contents Introduction -- Unruly youth and the early modern polity -- Assimilating the lower classes -- Civilizing "degenerate students" -- Popularizing protection -- Preparing modern workers, policing modern play -- Juvenile delinquency and the national defense state -- Epilogue: The century of juvenile protection Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Juvenile delinquency -- Japan -- Prevention -- History -- 20th century. Problem youth -- Government policy -- Japan -- History -- 20th century. Urban youth -- Government policy -- Japan -- History -- 20th century. Social control -- Japan -- History -- 20th century. Social change -- Japan. SUBJECT Japan -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069572 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 LC no. 2005000432 ISBN 0520245792 cloth alkaline paper

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