Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Unruly Youth and the Early Modern Polity 2. Assimilating the Lower Classes 3. Civilizing "Degenerate Students" 4. Popularizing Protection 5. Preparing Modern Workers, Policing Modern Play 6. Juvenile Delinquency and the National Defense State Epilogue: The Century of Juvenile Protection Notes Selected Bibliography Index

About the Author

David R. Ambaras is Assistant Professor of History at North Carolina State University.

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"This is an ambitious work, well-written, with a persuasive argument. It makes an important contribution to modern Japanese social and cultural history."