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Meiji at 150

Dr. Maren Ehlers (University of North Carolina-Charlotte) Ehlers, Maren; Grunow, Tristan

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In this episode, Dr. Ehlers re-examines social relations in rural communities in central Japan in the years leading up to the Meiji Restoration, centering on poverty and poor relief programs for marginalized groups such as beggars and outcastes. We discuss the impacts of severe famine on rural villagers, changing expectations of benevolent government in the Tokugawa moral economy, and the increase of internal unrest and rural upheaval from the 1850s

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Title	Dr. Maren Ehlers (University of North Carolina-Charlotte)
Alternate Title	Meiji at 150 (Podcast). Episode 53
Creator	Ehlers, Maren; Grunow, Tristan
Date Issued	2018-08-21
Description	In this episode, Dr. Ehlers re-examines social relations in rural communities in central Japan in the years leading up to the Meiji Restoration, centering on poverty and poor relief programs for marginalized groups such as beggars and outcastes. We discuss the impacts of severe famine on rural villagers, changing expectations of benevolent government in the Tokugawa moral economy, and the increase of internal unrest and rural upheaval from the 1850s
Subject	Meiji period, 1868-1912; inaka; burakumin; famine; moral economy; public protests
Geographic Location	Japan
Type	Sound
Language	eng
Date Available	2022-07-05
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0415946
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/81939
Affiliation	Arts, Faculty of; History, Department of; Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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Ehlers_M_Meiji150_Episode_053_2018.mp3 -- 31.42MB

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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International