Public Holidays and Social Education for Commercial and Industrial Employees between the Two World Wars: The Association for the Cultivation of Young Commercial and Industrial Workers (Shoko Seinen Shuyo Kai) in the City of Tokyo

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  • 両大戦間期の公休日利用問題と商工従業員の社会教育
  • 両大戦間期の公休日利用問題と商工従業員の社会教育--東京市の「商工青年修養会」の試みに着目して
  • リョウ タイセン カンキ ノ コウキュウビ リヨウ モンダイ ト ショウコウ ジュウギョウイン ノ シャカイ キョウイク トウキョウシ ノ ショウコウ セイネン シュウヨウカイ ノ ココロミ ニ チャクモク シテ
  • ―東京市の「商工青年修養会」の試みに着目して―

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<p>  The aim of this article is to clarify the formation and development of the Association for the Cultivation of Young Commercial and Industrial Workers founded in 1922 as a social education work under the joint auspices of the Tokyo Municipality, the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Association of Business Guilds of Tokyo. Studies of this in the past have tended to focus on the aspects of political training but this paper problematizes the use of public holidays by employees of small- and medium-sized companies in the large metropolitan area in the period between two world wars.</p><p>  The objective of the project was social training, the enhancement of dignity and the cultivation of commercial and industrial knowledge of young city employees.The growth of the project resulted from the effective use of elementary schools and the establishment of social regulations after the Great Earthquake. The main participants were youths who lived together with their employers and were ambitious for success in their respective businesses. Meeting their vocational demands and cooperating with related organizations the Tokyo Municipality developed the curriculum that supplied a model for the education of young commercial and industrial employees. The flexible conduct was a driving force of the service and it was revived in 1954 for the next generation.</p>

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