In this meticulously researched study, Sheldon Garon examines the evolution of Japan's governmental policies toward labor from the late nineteenth century to the present day, and he substantially revises prevailing views which depict relations between the Japanese state and labor simply in terms of suppression and mutual antagonism.

In this meticulously researched study, Sheldon Garon examines the evolution of Japan's governmental policies toward labor from the late nineteenth century to the present day, and he substantially revises prevailing views which depict relations between the Japanese state and labor simply in terms of suppression and mutual antagonism.

【家內瘋癲：近世日本的婦女、照護與疾病】 為了抵禦來自美國與歐洲的 #帝國主義 ，19世紀的 #日本 致力於汲取全球最先進的思維與方法。到了1880年代，日本也接受衍伸自西方的精神病學，以及對精神疾病 的看法。首批日本精神病學家聲稱，病患應在專門機構中接受藥物治療，而非禁閉在家中。然而，國家並未施行社會福利政策，讓社會大眾得以負擔並接受新式的醫療服務。家庭──特別是婦女，因此持續負擔照護這些所謂「瘋子」的責任。

Joshua A. Fogel is professor of history at York University, Toronto, and a specialist in the history of cultural and political ties between China and Japan in the modern era.

The modern histories of China and Japan are inexorably intertwined. Their relationship is perhaps most obvious in the fields of political, economic, and military history, but it is no less true in cultural and art history. Yet the traffic in artistic practices and practitioners between China and Japan remains an understudied field. In this volume, an international group of scho...(展开全部)

The modern histories of China and Japan are inexorably intertwined. Their relationship is perhaps most obvious in the fields of political, economic, and military history, but it is no less true in cultural and art history. Yet the traffic in artistic practices and practitioners between China and Japan remains an understudied field. In this volume, an international group of scho...(展开全部)

Joshua A. Fogel is professor of history at York University, Toronto, and a specialist in the history of cultural and political ties between China and Japan in the modern era.