{"product_id":"reforming-japan-elizabeth-d-lublin-9780824835224","title":"Reforming Japan: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Meiji Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Meiji period witnessed the emergence of a vibrant reform movement, which aimed to improve, not overthrow, the establishment. Far from being monolithic, it included a diverse community of participants and a variety of concerns and tactics. Members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) were among the most active in the area of moral and social reform. In focusing on their activities, this book sheds light on an understudied part of that movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book opens with an organizational history of the WCTU and then examines such components of its reform program as opposition to licensed prostitution, temperance outreach, and wartime service. Throughout, Elizabeth Lublin argues that WCTU women were motivated by the conviction that their values and beliefs were essential to national progress and that they had a right and duty to promote them. She also illustrates that, contrary to notions about Meiji-period women, those in the WCTU were politically engaged and, far from being submissive to the state, sought to use its authority to achieve their goals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth D. Lublin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824835220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824835224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011 pg. 147","brand":"Elizabeth D. Lublin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096766652671,"sku":"9780824835224","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reforming-japan-elizabeth-d-lublin-9780824835224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}