Urban Networks in Ch'ing China and Tokugawa Japan / / Gilbert Rozman.
Ch'ing China and Tokugawa Japan were unusually urbanized premodern societies where about one half of the world's urban population lived as late as 1800. Gilbert Rozman has drawn on both sociology and history to develop original methods of illuminating the historical urbanization of China a...
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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] ©1974 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in the Modernization of Japan ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Maps -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Annotations -- General Introduction -- Part I -- Introduction -- 1. Cities in China and Japan Prior to the Ch'ing and Tokugawa Periods -- 2. Spatial Divisions in Social Structure -- 3. Patterns of Marketing -- Part II -- 4. Chihli Sheng and the Kanto Region -- 5. Regional Variations in Cities -- 6. Peking, Edo, and the Hierarchy of Cities -- Glossary -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Ch'ing China and Tokugawa Japan were unusually urbanized premodern societies where about one half of the world's urban population lived as late as 1800. Gilbert Rozman has drawn on both sociology and history to develop original methods of illuminating the historical urbanization of China and Japan and to provide a way of relating urban patterns to other characteristics of social structure in premodern societies. The author also hopes to redirect the analysis of premodern societies into areas where China and Japan can be compared with each other and with other large scale societies.The author divides central places into seven levels and determines how many levels were present in each country century by century. Through this method he is able to demonstrate how Japan was rapidly narrowing China's lead in urbanization and show that Japan was relatively efficient in concentrating resources in high level cities. Explanations for differences in urban concentration are sought in: a general discussion of the social structure of each country; an analysis of marketing patterns; a detailed study of Chihli province and the Kantō region; an examination of regional variations; and a comparison of Peking and Edo, which were probably the world's largest cities throughout the eighteenth century.Originally published in 1974.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781400870936 9783110649680 9783110426847 9783110413601 9783110665925 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400870936 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Gilbert Rozman. |