The Buraku Issue and Modern Japan: The Career of Matsumoto Jiichiro

By Ian Neary

Book Overview

Casting new light on majority-minority relations and the struggle for Buraku liberation, this book focuses on Matsumoto Jiichiro, arguably the most important Buraku leader of the twentieth century, locating his experience within the broader developments in Japan's social, political and economic history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415390826
• ISBN13: 9780415390828
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"