Children As Treasures: Childhood and the Middle Class in Early Twentieth Century Japan (review)

[...] most English-language scholars of Japan have treated childhood as a parenthetical topic in a discussion of education, women's roles, or some other theme. [...] the "childlike child" is the embattled response of the established elite against the rapidly growing aspiring elite and...

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Published inJournal of the History of Childhood and Youth Vol. 4; no. 2; pp. 340 - 342
Main Author Piel, L. Halliday
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.04.2011
Subjects
Academically Gifted
Adoption
Child Development
Children & youth
Childrens Literature
Childrens Rights
Cultural Capital
Education
Families & family life
Family (Sociological Unit)
Mass Media
Middle Class
Mothers
Periodicals
Social Class
Social History
Study Guides
Undergraduate Students
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Summary:[...] most English-language scholars of Japan have treated childhood as a parenthetical topic in a discussion of education, women's roles, or some other theme. [...] the "childlike child" is the embattled response of the established elite against the rapidly growing aspiring elite and its materialistic ambitions.
ISSN:1939-6724
1941-3599
1941-3599
DOI:10.1353/hcy.2011.0032