Labor contracts and labor relations in early modern central Japan / by Mary Louise Nagata.
Based on a collection of labour contracts and other documents, this book examines the legal, economic and social relations of labour as they developed in the commercial enterprises of Tokugawa Japan. The urban focus is Kyoto, the cultural capital and smallest of the three great cities of the Tokugaw...
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| Superior document: | Changing Labour Relations in Asia |
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Changing Labour Relations in Asia
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Labor Contracts and Labor Relations in Early Modern Central Japan; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Capitalism, industry and the organization of labor; 2 Stem family and lineage businesses; 3 Labor organization in industry; 4 Labor contracts and contract labor; 5 Workers, guarantors and migration patterns; 6 Contract conditions; 7 Conflict and resolution; 8 Labor in early modern Japan and beyond; Appendix A: Data sources; Appendix B: Translations of selected documents; Appendix C: Glossary of terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index