1st Edition

State Formation, Property Relations, & the Development of the Tokugawa Economy (1600-1868)

By Grace Kwon Copyright 2002
    159 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    Before the late 1960s, Japan historians characterized the Early Modern Japanese economy in waht are typical feudal terms. Considered backward and stagnant, it was argued that the economy eventually collapsed under the weight of its own internal limitations. This narrative has given way in the past two decades to a new interpretation in which Japan's pre-industrial economy is protrayed as one of substantive growth and qualitative change, the setting stage for modern development during the Meiji era.

    Abbreviations
    Introduction
    Chapter 1: The Market and Economic Historiography of Tokugawa Japan
    Chapter 2: The Early Village and its Transformation
    Chapter 3: Construction of Peasant Land Relations
    Chapter 4: Social Change and Commercialization in the Periphery
    Chapter 5: An Alternative Trajectory of Development: The Kinai
    Conclusion
    Epilogue
    Tables
    Bibliography

    Biography

    Grace H. Kwon