Labor contracts and labor relations in early modern central Japan / / 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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Place / Publishing House:London : : Taylor & Francis,, [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Changing labour relations in Asia.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 pages).
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Summary: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 Tokugawa period, but the data comes from a wider region of commercial and castle towns and rural villages in central Japan.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Mary Louise Nagata.