Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Labour's image of the past in 1919–1920; 2. Anarchism, socialism and communism in the labour movement, 1920–1923; 3. The communist offensive and the 1925 labour split; 4. Industrial paternalism and Sōdōmei-Hyōgikai rivalry in the factories; 5. Labour and the socialist party movement, 1925–1928; 6. Labour's retreat from socialist politics, 1929–1932; 7. Labour becalmed, 1932–1936; 8. Toward dissolution, 1936–1940; Conclusion; Appendix; Figures; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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A 1981 political history of organised labour in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s.