Edo and Paris: Urban Life and the State in the Early Modern Era

Published by Cornell University Press 1997

Edo and Paris

Urban Life and the State in the Early Modern Era

Edited by: James L. McClain , John M. Merriman and Ugawa Kaoru

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501738807

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About this book

A book that will change the way we think about the relationship between city and nation, Edo and Paris offers a dazzling view of daily life and urban development in two early modern cities.

Author / Editor information

James L. McClain is Professor of History at Brown University. John M. Merriman is Professor of History at Yale University. Ugawa Kaoru is Professor of Economic History at Rikkyo University, Tokyo.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Maps and Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Chronology Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
1. Edo and Paris Cities and Power James L. McClain and John M. Merriman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
GOVERNANCE
2. Governing Edo Kato Takashi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3. Louis XIV and the Cities William Beik Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4. State Control and Municipal Authority in France Sharon Kettering Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
SPACE
5. Edobashi Power, Space, and Popular Culture in Edo James L. McClain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6. Power, Space, and Investments in Paris Roger Chartier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
7. Building a New Establishment Tokugawa lemitsu's Consolidation of Power and the Taitokuin Mausoleum William H. Coaldrake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
PROVISIONING
8. Provisioning Paris The Crisis of 1738-1741 Steven Laurence Kaplan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
9. Provisioning Edo in the Early Eighteenth Century The Pricing Policies of the Shogunate and the Crisis of 1733 Hayashi Reiko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
10. Edo's Water Supply Hatano Jun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
CULTURE
11. Notorious Places A Brief Excursion into the Narrative Topography of Early Edo Jurgis Elisonas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
12. The Festivity of the Parisian Boulevards Robert M. Isherwood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	292
13. Incendiary Actions Fires and Firefighting in the Shogun's Capital and the People's City William W. Kelly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	310
14. The History of the Book in Edo and Paris Henry D. Smith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	332
RESISTANCE
15. Guilds, "False Workers," and the Faubourg Saint-Antoine Steven Laurence Kaplan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
16. Festivals and Fights The Law and the People of Edo Takeuchi Makoto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	384
17. Edo Riots Anne Walthall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
18. State Formation and Contention in Japan and France Eiko Ikegami and Charles Tilly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
19. Visions of the City James L. McClain and Ugawa Kaoru Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	455
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	465
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	473
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477

Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 512
Illustrations
- Other: 26 b/w illus., 14 maps, 7 tables

eBook

Published: January 24, 2019
ISBN: 9781501738807