Children as treasures : : childhood and the middle class in early twentieth century Japan / / Mark A. Jones.

• Superior document: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 328
• Author: Jones, Mark A. 1969-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2010.; Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 328.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 407 p. )
• Other title: Childhood and the Middle Class in Early Twentieth Century Japan; Childhood, the Middle Class, and Modern Japan /; The Moral and the Material: The Family Reformer and the Promotion of a Middle Class /; The Public Professional and the Middle Class: The Scientific Expert's Quest for Social Influence /; The Wise Mother and the Little Citizen: Building a Middle Class /; The Self-Made Woman and the Superior Student: Transgressive Femininity, Educational Achievement, and Meritocratic Modernity /; The Childlike Child: Play and the Importance of Leisure /; Epilogue /; Notes /; Works Cited /; Index /; Harvard East Asian Monographs /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references [372]-387and index.
• ISBN: 1684175011
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mark A. Jones.

Mark Jones examines the making of a new child's world in Japan between 1890 and 1930 and focuses on the institutions, groups, and individuals that reshaped both the idea of childhood and the daily life of children.