Japanese Girls and Women is a classic sociology study of traditional Japanese society by Alice Mabel Bacon. In offering a revised edition of a Japanese study which has been before the public for more than ten years, there is little to say that has not been said in the original Preface. The work as published before, however, was always, to its author's mind, unfinished, for the reason that a chapter on household customs, which was necessary for the completion of the plan, had to be omitted because it could not be written in America.
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Book Description:
After a year in Tokyo, American teacher Alice Mabel Bacon (1858-1918) became the first author to explore Japan's class system, cultural history and moral framework through the stories of its women. Her 1891 book depicts a generation of women striving to reconcile traditional expectations with their newly Westernised education.
About the Author:
Alice M. Bacon was a private American scholar and keen social observer who resided for many years in Japan. She was the first Western woman to live in a Japanese household.
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