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Hanley, Susan B.; Yamamura, Kozo - Economic and Demographic Change in Preindustrial Japan, 1600-1868 - 9780691643793 - V9780691643793
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Economic and Demographic Change in Preindustrial Japan, 1600-1868

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Description for Economic and Demographic Change in Preindustrial Japan, 1600-1868 Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBTK; JHBD; KCL; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 771.
According to the Marxist interpretation still dominant in Japanese studies, the last century and a half of the Tokugawa period was a time of economic and demographic stagnation. Professors Hanley and Yamamura argue that a more satisfactory explanation can be provided within the framework of modem economic theory, and they advance and test three important new hypotheses in this book. The authors suggest that the Japanese economy grew throughout the Tokugawa period, though slowly by modern standards and unevenly. This growth, they show, tended to exceed the rate of population increase even in the poorer regions, thus raising the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
426
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691643793
SKU
V9780691643793
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