1st Edition
State Formation, Property Relations, & the Development of the Tokugawa Economy (1600-1868)
By Grace Kwon
Copyright 2002
159 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Before the late 1960s, Japan historians characterized the Early Modern Japanese economy in waht are typical feudal terms. Considered backward and stagnant, it was argued that the economy eventually collapsed under the weight of its own internal limitations. This narrative has given way in the past two decades to a new interpretation in which Japan's pre-industrial economy is protrayed as one of... Read more
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Market and Economic Historiography of Tokugawa Japan
Chapter 2: The Early Village and its Transformation
Chapter 3: Construction of Peasant Land Relations
Chapter 4: Social Change and Commercialization in the Periphery
Chapter 5: An Alternative Trajectory of Development: The Kinai
Conclusion
Epilogue
Tables
Bibliography
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Market and Economic Historiography of Tokugawa Japan
Chapter 2: The Early Village and its Transformation
Chapter 3: Construction of Peasant Land Relations
Chapter 4: Social Change and Commercialization in the Periphery
Chapter 5: An Alternative Trajectory of Development: The Kinai
Conclusion
Epilogue
Tables
Bibliography
Biography
Grace H. Kwon
