【Preface】Helping Young Researchers who Study the History of Social Welfare・・・ Minori Utsunomiya
【Feature of This Issue】Rural Communities and the Development of Social Work —Finding People’s Lives before, during and after the WWⅡ through Examining Local histories—
The Japanese Settles in Manchuria and Local Communities・・・ Hidefumi Terusawa
Explanation of the Aim of the Symposium ・・・ Yukiko Noguchi
The Esrablishment and Expansion of the Association of Protection of Young Female Factory Workers
in Niigata Prefecture and its Grounds of Protection — through Studying the case of the Association of Horiuchi-machi in Kita Uonuma County ・・・ Kou Hatakenaka
On the Administration of Poor-Relief in the Rural Area in Tottori Prefecture during Meiji and Taisyo Eras ・・・ Katsura Koike
Rural Communities and Social Welfare Administration in Prewar Okinawa ・・・ Senji Ishii
Rural Society, Population problems and social welfare from 1930’s to 1940’s ・・・ Hiroyuki Takaoka
【Articles】
Hideshi HARASAKI’s view of Life Expressed in his Business Diary–Illuminating Thoughts and Struggles in his Later Life– ・・・ Hiroshi Nakashima
Shigeri YAMATAKA and league for Maternal Protection–Searching the Roots of Mother and Child Welfare– ・・・ Ryou Imai
【Book Reviews】
Hiroaki Sugiyama, Masanori Fujiwara, Kazuhiro Wakura
【Dedications to Masaaki Ogawa】
Syun’ichi Fueki, Tsutomu Suzuki
【Book Guide】
Toshihiko Suzuki, Takenori Noguchi
