The birth of the Japanese labor movement : Takano Fusatar and the R d Kumiai Kiseikai

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 271 pages, portrait, 24 cm. Notes: ""Works by Takano Fusatar "": pages 264-265. Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-265) and index. Contents: The setting -- Takano Fusatar -- Birth of the labor movement -- The Metalworkers' Union -- Growth of the labor movement -- The turning point -- Crisis and collapse -- Legacy of the movement -- Appendix A. Constitution of the Alliance for Industrial Organization -- Appendix B. Constitution of the Tokyo Ship Carpenters' Union -- Appendix C. ""A summons to the workers"" -- Appendix D. Rules of the R d Kumiai Kiseikai -- Appendix E. Constitution of the Metalworkers' Union -- Appendix F. Constitution of the Reform Society -- Appendix G. Printers' Friendly Association Rules -- Appendix H. Proposed Factory Law of 1898 -- Appendix I. Constitution of the Printers' Union -- Appendix J. Reference tables. Subjects: Takano, Fusatar 1868-1904; R d Kumiai Kiseikai History; Labor unions Japan History; Labor unions Japan Officials and employees; Biography; POLITICAL SCIENCE Labor & Industrial Relations; Government employee unions; Trade-unions Japan History.