Aya Homei

Science for Governing Japan's Population

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Produktbeschreibung

This major new study highlights the role of population sciences in turning Japan into a modern sovereign nation. Based on a range of local and state archives in Japan and in the United States, Aya Homei unpacks assumptions about the links between population, sovereignty, and science.

Produktdetails

• Science in History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 616g
• ISBN-13: 9781009186834
• ISBN-10: 1009186833
• Artikelnr.: 63736132

Autorenporträt

Aya Homei is a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at University of Manchester.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Population statistics: between building a modern state and governing imperial subjects
2. Medical midwifery and vital statistics: for the health of Japan's population
3. Policy experts: tackling Japan's 'population problems'
4. National land planning: distributing populations for the wartime nation-state-empire
5. Birth control survey: visualizing a productive Japanese population for postwar reconstruction
6. Public health demography: local, national, and transnational efforts to govern lower-class populations
Conclusion.