Howell, David L.

Geographies of identity in nineteenth-century Japan [electronic resource] / David L. Howell. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2005. - x, 262 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The geography of status -- Status and the politics of the quotidian -- Violence and the abolition of outcaste status -- Ainu identity and the early modern state -- The geography of civilization -- Civilization and enlightenment -- Ainu identity and the Meiji State.

9780520930872


Ainu--Ethnic identity.


Japan--Civilization--19th century.
Japan--Social conditions--19th century.


Electronic books.

DS822.25 / .H68 2005

306/.0952/09034