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Organized Workers and Socialist Politics in Interwar Japan

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Published: 25th February 2010
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First published in 1981, this book, a political history of organised labour in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s, broke ground in research on the Japanese socialist movement by examining the movement from the perspective of the unions, which then provided the socialist parties with much of their popular support. Focusing on the Japan General Federation of Labour, an important pacesetter for labour politics, the author analyses why a significant cross-section of organised workers began the 1920s with promising vitality and high hopes of contributing to a progressive, socialist reconstruction of Japan, only to abandon this political commitment in the 1930s, with adverse consequences both for the unions and for their political party allies. Throughout, the author assesses Japanese and Western interpretations of Japanese society and politics in seeking a balanced understanding of the dynamics and significance of popular social protest in the critical interwar decades.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Labour's image of the past in 1919-1920
Anarchism, socialism and communism in the labour movement, 1920-1923
The communist offensive and the 1925 labour split
Industrial paternalism and SÅìdÅìmei-HyÅìgikai rivalry in the factories
Labour and the socialist party movement, 1925-1928
Labour's retreat from socialist politics, 1929-1932
Labour becalmed, 1932-1936
Toward dissolution, 1936-1940
Conclusion
Appendix
Figures
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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ISBN: 9780521136310
ISBN-10: 0521136318
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 336
Published: 25th February 2010
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2  x 1.9
Weight (kg): 0.5