{"product_id":"children-as-treasures-9780674053342","title":"Children as Treasures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMark Jones examines the making of a new child's world in Japan, 18901930, and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children. He also places the story of modern childhood within a broader social contextthe emergence of a middle class in early twentieth century Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis extremely well researched historical study of the intersection of ideology, politics, and family in modern Japan explores the emergence of a political discourse that supported the construction of a middle class in early-20th-century Japan and details the centrality of child rearing in that discourse...Throughout the book, readers get a clear sense that the Japanese family system is not simply a product of random social forces but was consciously invented to achieve specific political and ideological aims. An excellent work of interest to scholars of Japan, gender studies, and child development. -- J. W. Traphagan * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Childhood, the Middle Class, and Modern Japan  Part I: The Emergence of a Late Meiji Middle Class  1. The Moral and the Material: The Family Reformer and the Promotion of a Middle Class  2. The Public Professional and the Middle Class: \tThe Scientific Expert's Quest for Social Influence  3. The Wise Mother and the Little Citizen: Building a Middle Class  Part II: Remaking the Middle Class in Taisho Japan: Education, Play, and New Visions of Childhood  4. The Self-Made Woman and the Superior Student: \tTransgressive Femininity, Educational Achievement, and Meritocratic Modernity  5. The Childlike Child: Play and the Importance of Leisure  Epilogue  Notes  Works Cited  Index","brand":"Harvard University, Asia Center","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403545420119,"sku":"9780674053342","price":32.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674053342.jpg?v=1730483785","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/children-as-treasures-9780674053342","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}