Bad Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Politics of Everyday Life in Modern Japan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520245792)

The first in-depth study of the political, social, and cultural history of juvenile delinquency in modern Japan, Bad Youth treats the policing of urban youth as a crucial site for the development of new state structures and new forms of social power. Focusing on the years of rapid industrialization and imperialist expansion (1895 to 1945), David R. Ambaras challenges widely held conceptions of a Japan that did not, until recently, experience delinquency and related youth problems. He vividly reconstructs numerous individual life stories in the worlds of home, school, work, and the streets, and he relates the changes that took place during this time of social transformation to the broader processes of capitalist development, nation-state formation, and imperialism.

Author: David R. Ambaras
ISBN-10: 0520245792
ISBN-13: 9780520245792
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2005
Pages: 309
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.31w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2006 pg. 540