Author: Crump, John
Title: The Origins Of Socialist Thought In Japan
Description: Croom Helm - St Martin's Press, 1983, 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG. xxii+374pp, index, fine copy in a slightly yellowed & rubbed dustjacket. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0709907397 ¶ Account of the rise in Popularity of Socialism & Communism in Japan. Socialism first gained afoothold in Japan after the Meiji restoration in 1868. The rise of capitalism & emergence of a working class in Japan gave a fertile base for Japanese Socialists who were heavily influenced by Western Socialist Ideas. The book covers the period from 1868 - 1918.

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