Schooldays in Imperial Japan: a Study in the Culture of a Student Elite

University of California Press, 1980

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Year of publication

1980

Author

Roden, Donald

Publishers

University of California Press

Keyword

Toward, foundtion, schools, Between, Nation, Campus, making, higher, School, gentleman, Seclusion, self-government, Culture, ceremony, Public, tyranny, Higher, School, catharsis, Meiji, Taisho, Broadening, perspectives, Enduring, Traditions, Japan, Japanese, Hazing, Group, Dynamics, Terror, Patriotism, Manliness, Students, Upperclassmen, Peers, Pressure, Peer, Bushi, Swearing, Hardship, Dismemberment, Shout, Lore, Institutional, Boys, Shonen, Freshmen, Blow, Graveyards, Initiation, Attachs, Ordeal, Rite of Passage, Geta, Hachimaki, Fundoshi, Kendo Sticks, Beat, Kicked, Sports, Ritual, Spirit, Sword Dance, Mysogany, Judo, Vigilantes, Dicipline, Rval,

Cover description

No Jacket

Binding description

Dust jacket

State of preservation

Very Good

Binding

Hardcover

Inscribed

First edition

Description

Book shows light shelf wear only to covers. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 300 pages with a few b&w photos, chapters include: Toward the foundtion of the higher schools, Between nation and campus: the making of the higher school gentleman, Seclusion and self-government, The culture of ceremony, Public tyranny, The higher school catharsis, From Meiji to Taisho: broadening perspectives and enduring traditions.