Divorce in Japan : family, gender, and the state, 1600-2000 / Harald Fuess.

"Historians have paid little attention to divorce in Japan, even though until the mid-twentieth century Japan had one of the highest divorce rates in the world. This book shows that the high prevalence of divorce was made possible by a regulatory framework condoning consensual divorce. Spouses...

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Main Author: Fuess, Harald (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2004.
©2004
Series:Studies of the East Asian Institute.
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