Organizing the Spontaneous : : Citizen Protest in Postwar Japan / / Wesley Sasaki-Uemura.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Sasaki-Uemura, Wesley,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)

In 1960 millions of Japanese citizens took to the streets for months of protest against the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty (Anpo) and its forcible ratification by the Kishi government. In the decades that followed, the Anpo era citizens' movements exerted a major influence on the organization and p...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Undercurrents of Citizen Protest
• 3. The Mountain Range and War Responsibility
• 4. The Poets of Oi Factory and Work Culture
• 5. The Grass Seeds and Women's Roles
• 6. The Voiceless Voices and the Discourse on Public Citizenry
• 7. Epilogue
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author