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Japan's Protoindustrial Elite
Edward E. Pratt
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Description for Japan's Protoindustrial Elite
Hardcover. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 278 pages, 3 maps, 15 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Students of the late Tokugawa and Meiji periods have long recognized the critical role of rural elites (the gōnō) in Japan’s economic transformation, but the largely impressionistic and episodic scholarship on this pivotal class has created an image of rural elites as successful trailblazers of industrial society. Through a close examination of economic trends and case studies of particular families, this study demonstrates that Japan’s protoindustrial economy was far more volatile than portrayed in most studies to date. Few rural elites survived the competitive and unstable climate of this era. Onerous exactions, interregional competition, market volatility, and succession problems propelled ... Read more
Students of the late Tokugawa and Meiji periods have long recognized the critical role of rural elites (the gōnō) in Japan’s economic transformation, but the largely impressionistic and episodic scholarship on this pivotal class has created an image of rural elites as successful trailblazers of industrial society. Through a close examination of economic trends and case studies of particular families, this study demonstrates that Japan’s protoindustrial economy was far more volatile than portrayed in most studies to date. Few rural elites survived the competitive and unstable climate of this era. Onerous exactions, interregional competition, market volatility, and succession problems propelled ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674472907
SKU
V9780674472907
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About Edward E. Pratt
Edward E. Pratt is Associate Professor of Japanese History at the College of William and Mary.
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