UID:
almahu_9948022230002882
Format:
1 online resource (xxviii, 831 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139055086 (ebook)
Content:
This is the fourth of six volumes designed to explore the history of Japan from prehistoric to modern times. 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. At the start, in the sixteenth century, much of the country was being pulled apart by local military lords engaged in a struggle for land and local hegemony. These daimyo succeeded in dividing Japan into nearly autonomous regional domains. This volume attempts to flesh out the historical tale with insights into the way that people lived and worked. It examines the relationship between peasant and local lord, and between the lord, as a unit of local government, and the emerging shogunate. It offers insights into the evolution of indigenous thought and religion and it also deals with Japan's foreign relations, particularly the impact of the Christian missionary movement.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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Introduction /
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The sixteenth-century unification /
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The social and economic consequences of unification /
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The bakuhan system /
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The han /
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The inseparable trinity: Japan's relations with China and Korea /
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Christianity and the daimyo /
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Thought and religion: 1550-1700 /
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Politics in the eighteenth century /
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The village and agriculture during the Edo period /
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Commercial change and urban growth in early modern Japan /
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History and nature in eighteenth-century Tokugawa thought /
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Tokugawa society: material culture, standard of living, and life-styles /
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Popular culture /
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521223553
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521223553
