1st Edition
The Japanese Economy in the Tokugawa Era, 1600-1868
Edited By Michael Smitka
Copyright 1998
378 Pages
by
Routledge
384 Pages
by
Routledge
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Makes Japanese sources accessible in English Although much of the work on Japanese economic history is inaccessible to Westerners, many of Japan's leading economic historians have published widely in English. Combined with the work of Western economists who can utilize Japanese-language sources, this series assembles a wide range of English-language articles on the key issues in Japanese economic... Read more
Introduction, The Tokugawa Monetary System: 1787-1868, The Village and Agriculture During the Edo Period, Population Changes, Proto-Industrial Origins of Japanese Capitalism, Commercial Change and Urban Growth in Early Modern Japan, The Economy of Choshu on the Eve of Industrialization, Productivity, Subsistence, and By-Employment in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Choshu, The Tokugawa Monetary Policy in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, The Labor Market in Tokugawa Japan: Wage Differentials and the Real Wage Level, 1727-1830, Scenes of Japan's Economic Development and the 'Longue Duree', Forwards and Futures in Tokugawa-Period Japan: A New Perspective on the Dojima Rice Market, Both a Borrower and a Lender Be: From Village Moneylender to Rural Banker in the Tempo Era, Acknowledgments
Biography
Michael Smitka
