{"product_id":"reforming-japan-elizabeth-dorn-lublin-9780774818162","title":"Reforming Japan: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in the Meiji Period","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1902 the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) petitioned the Japanese government to stop rewarding good deeds with the bestowal of sake cups. Alcohol production and consumption, its members argued, harmed individuals, endangered public welfare, and wasted vital resources. This campaign was part of a wide-ranging reform program to eliminate prostitution, eradicate drinking, spread Christianity, and improve the lives of women. As Elizabeth Dorn Lublin shows, members did not passively accept and propagate government policy but felt a duty to shape it by defining social problems and influencing opinion. Certain their beliefs and reforms were essential to Japan's advancement, members couched their calls for change in the rhetorical language of national progress. Ultimately, the WCTU's activism belies received notions of women's public involvement and political engagement in Meiji Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Dorn Lublin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774818166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774818162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 140","brand":"Elizabeth Dorn Lublin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086849618175,"sku":"9780774818162","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_90139447-773e-4c3f-8fa6-76469787c9e7.jpg?v=1769096943","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reforming-japan-elizabeth-dorn-lublin-9780774818162","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}