Description: Bad youth

Main Author:	Ambaras, David Richard, 1962-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
Physical Description:	xii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series:	Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Subjects:	Juvenile delinquency -- Japan -- Prevention -- History -- 20th century. At-risk youth -- Government policy -- Japan -- History -- 20th century. Urban youth -- Government policy -- Japan -- History -- 20th century. Social control -- Japan -- History -- 20th century. Social change -- Japan. Japan -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-291) and index. Introduction -- Unruly youth and the early modern polity -- Assimilating the lower classes -- Civilizing "degenerate students" -- Popularizing protection -- Preparing modern workers, policing modern play -- Juvenile delinquency and the national defense state -- Epilogue: The century of juvenile protection.
Physical Description:	xii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-291) and index.
ISBN:	0520245792