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Title: A Heart at Leisure from Itself: Caroline Macdonald of Japan
Description: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: UBC Press,Canada, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0774805226. 347 pages. Index. Selected Bibliography. Footnotes. "Follows Caroline Macdonald's life and career, focusing primarily on her work in Japan on behalf of incarcerated criminals... (Macdonald) also established a social settlement, Shinrinkan - the Home of the Friendless Stranger - and was a mentor of labour union leaders and social democratic politicians." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked. Light overall wear with some bumping to bottom edge of boards. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; A Heart at Leisure from Itself: Caroline Macdonald of Japan 1874-1931 YWCA Young Women's Christian Associations Missionaries Biography Shinrinkan Prisoners Prison Reform. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0774805226 : 1874 1931 Religion Asia

Price: US$ 69.95 Seller: RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
- Book number: 863g0031