Download or read book Labor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan written by Andrew Gordon and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-11-04 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An important study on modern Japanese social history that persuasively articulates quantitative data with well-chosen qualitative texts to tell the story of imperial democracy in Japan. The work shows real intelligence and great originality, and will make its mark on the practice of writing Japanese history."—Harry D. Harootunian, University of Chicago