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Japan Before Tokugawa : Political Consolidation and Economic Growth, 1500-1650 /

Hall, S.

Japan Before Tokugawa : Political Consolidation and Economic Growth, 1500-1650 / S. Hall, Nagahara Keiji, Kozo Yamamura. - Course Book - 1 online resource (416 p.) - Princeton Legacy Library ; 704 .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Sengoku Daimyo and the Kandaka System -- Chapter 2. The Sengoku Daimyo of Western Japan: The Case of the Ōuchi -- Chapter 3. The Development of Sengoku Law -- Chapter 4. Sengoku Daimyo Rule and Commerce -- Chapter 5. The Political Posture of Oda Nobunaga -- Chapter 6. Hideyoshi's Domestic Policies -- Chapter 7. The Commercial and Urban Policies of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi -- Chapter 8. Shogun and Tennō -- Chapter 9. The Changing Rationale of Daimyo Control in the Emergence of the Bakuhan State -- Chapter 10. Dimensions of Development: Cities in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth- Century Japan -- Chapter 11. Returns on Unification: Economic Growth in Japan, 1550-1650 -- Glossary -- Notes on Contributors -- Index -- Backmatter

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These papers by leading specialists on sixteenth-century Japan explore Japan's transition from medieval (Chusei) to early modern (Kinsei) society. During this time, regional lords (daimyo) first battled for local autonomy and then for national supremacy.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780691609911 9781400855315

10.1515/9781400855315 doi


Daimyo--Congresses.
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.

DS868

952/.023