"This excellent work of scholarship addresses a sorely neglected aspect of Japanese and feminist history. Reforming Japan is very readable, and its arguments are convincing. Lublin has thoroughly mine
In 1902 members of the Japanese Woman's Christian TemperanceUnion (WCTU) submitted a petition to the National Diet to abolish thecustom of rewarding good deeds and patriotic service with the bestowalo
Lublin (history, Wayne State U.) examines the activities of the middle class leaders and members of the anti-alcohol group as agents for moral and social reform during the early 20th century. She inve
