ABSTRACT

Rural Japan during the twentieth century has been portrayed as a vast reservoir of conservatism in much of the literature on Japan's modern development, and Japanese agriculture since the 1960s has been treated as an artificial creation sustained only by protectionism of the worst sort.
This book presents a range of original, in-depth work, including work by Japanese scholars, that seeks to move beyond such stereotypes to reveal the diversity and complexities of rural life in Japan from 1900 to the present.

chapter 1|6 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|22 pages

The Women of Rural Japan

An Overview Of The Twentieth Century

chapter 5|47 pages

In Search of Equity

Japanese Tenant Unions In The 1920s

chapter 6|30 pages

Building the Model Village

Rural revitalization and the Great Depression

chapter 7|19 pages

Securing Prosperity and Serving the Nation

Japanese Farmers And Manchuria, 1931–33

chapter 12|18 pages

Organic Farming Settlers in Kumano

chapter 13|8 pages

Whither Rural Japan?