Struggle and Purpose in Postwar Japanese Unionism
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Struggle and Purpose in Postwar Japanese Unionism

  1. 338 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Struggle and Purpose in Postwar Japanese Unionism

About this book

Status, purpose, and lineage are the themes of this study of the postwar Japanese labor movement. Between 1943 and 1984, Japan went from being a vast empire to a defeated, occupied, and outcast nation. Social transformation lowered the barriers of status and class, and economic restructuring reoriented industry from wartime to peaceful production. Unionists ensured their eligibility for participation in the national political discourse of the 1950s and 1960s by demonstrating their sense of high purpose in the debates of the late 1940s. Men and women from a much broader segment of society than ever before participated in the postwar struggle to define a new purpose for Japanese politics. This study looks at individual behavior motivated by this search for high purpose and examines a variety of cases, differing by status, age, and experience.

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Notes to this edition
  3. Dedication
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Old Purpose Frustrated and Old Loyalties Challenged, 1943–1947
  10. 2. Purpose Redirected, 1945–1947
  11. 3. In Search of New Purpose, 1946–1949
  12. 4. At Cross Purposes, 1950–1954
  13. 5. The Purpose of Unionism, 1955–1963
  14. 6. Struggle over History, 1964–1984
  15. Afterword
  16. Glossary 1. Individuals Discussed
  17. Glossary 2. Terms, Institutions, Organizations
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index
  20. Back cover

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