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

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 ec...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1978
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1484
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Physical Description:1 online resource (426 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Framework of Analysis
  • 3. Aggregate Demographic Data: An Assessment
  • 4. Economic Growth: A General Perspective
  • 5. The Kinai
  • 6. Morioka
  • 7. Okayama
  • 8. Fertility, Mortality, and Life Expectancy in Four Villages
  • 9. Population Control in Tokugawa Japan
  • 10. The Village of Fujito: A Case Study
  • 11. A Comparison of Population Trends
  • 12. Conclusion
  • Glossary of Japanese Terms
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index