The agrarian origins of modern Japan / Thomas C. Smith
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1965. Second Edition. Library copy with library marks. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395560
Series; Stanford Studies in the Civilizations of Eastern Asia. Physical description; xi, 246 pages : illustrations, map. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index. Contents; The land system -- Agricultural servants -- Labor services -- Small holdings -- The organization of political power -- The growth of the market -- Agricultural technology -- The transformation of labor -- The transformations of nago -- The decline of the cooperative group -- New class relations -- Political conflict in the village -- Agrarian change and modern Japan. Subjects; Land tenure Japan. Agriculture Economic aspects Japan.
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