Cambridge History of Japan

List of contents

1. Introduction John Whitney Hall; 2. The sixteenth-century unification Asao Naohiro; 3. The social and economic consequences of unification Wakita Osamu; 4. The bakuhan system John Whitney Hall; 5. The han Harold Bolitho; 6. The inseparable trinity: Japan's relations with China and Korea George Elison; 7. Christianity and the daimyo George Elison; 8. Thought and religion: 1550-1700 Bito Masahide; 9. Politics in the eighteenth century Tsuji Tatsuya; 10. The village and agriculture during the Edo period Furushima Toshio; 11. Commercial change and urban growth in early modern Japan Nakai Nobuhiko and James L. McClain; 12. History and nature in eighteenth-century Tokugawa thought Tetsuo Najita; 13. Tokugawa society: material culture, standard of living, and life-styles Susan B. Hanley; 14. Popular culture Donald B. Shiveley; Glossary; Index.

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Summary

Volume 4 covers the years from 1550 to 1800, a short but surprisingly eventful period in Japanese history commonly referred to as Japan's Early Modern Age, from the growth of near-autonomous ddomains, through the period of the shogunate to the Meiji restoration. This volume attempts to flesh out the historical tale with insights into the way that people lived and worked.

Product details

• Authors: John Whitney Hall, John Whitney (Yale University Hall
• Assisted by: John W. Hall (Editor), John Whitney Hall (Editor), Marius B. Jansen (Editor), Madoka Kanai (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.06.1991
• EAN: 9780521223553
• ISBN: 978-0-521-22355-3
• No. of pages: 860
• Series: Cambridge History of Japan
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous