Bad youth
Subtitle: juvenile delinquency and the politics of everyday life in modern Japan
By: David R. Ambaras.
Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: 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; Japan -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Unruly youth and the early modern polity; title: Assimilating the lower classes; title: Civilizing "degenerate students"; title: Popularizing protection; title: Preparing modern workers, policing modern play; title: Juvenile delinquency and the national defense state; title: Epilogue: The century of juvenile protection.