Early modern Japan

Author(s)

• Totman, Conrad D.

Bibliographic Information

Early modern Japan

Conrad Totman

University of California Press, 1995

• : pbk

Note

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book."

Bibliography: p. 567-577

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This thoughtfully organized survey of Japan's early modern period (1568-1868) is a remarkable blend of political, economic, intellectual, literary, and cultural history. The only truly comprehensive study in English of the Tokugawa period, it also introduces a new ecological perspective, covering natural disasters, resource use, demographics, and river control.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE: BACKGROUND 1. Geography and Climate 2. The Human Legacy 3. Early Modern Japan: An Overview PART TWO: THE ERA OF PACIFICATION, 1570-1630 4. The Politics of Pacification 5. The Economics of Pacification 6. Culture and Pacification PART THREE: THE TOKUGAWA HEYDAY, 1630-1710 7. The Politics of Order 8. Economic Growth and Change 9. The Blossoming of Political Thought 10. Aesthetics and the Rise of U kiyo 11. Ecological Trends: The Period of Growth PART FOUR: STRUGGLING TO STAND STILL, 1710-1790 12. Ecological Trends: The Period of Stasis (I) 13. Ecological Trends: The Period of Stasis (II) 14. Yoshimune and the Kyoho Reform 15. The Politics of Stasis, 17 51-1790 16. Thought and Society: The Eighteenth Century 17. The Later Years of Early Tokugawa Arts and Letters PART FIVE: THE EROSION OF STABILITY, 1790-1850 18. Later Tokugawa Arts and Letters 19. Thought and Society, 1790-1850 20. The Best of Times, 1790-1825 21. The Worst of Times, 1825-1850 Epilogue: Breaking Up and Breaking Out, 1850-1870 Appendixes A. Year Periods (Nengo), 1570-1868 B. Dates of Tokugawa Shogun c. Early Modern Emperors Mentioned in the Text Glossary of Japanese Terms Suggestions for Further Reading in English Index

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Details

• NCID: BA34754017
• ISBN:
  • 9780520203563
• LCCN: 92022617
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berkeley ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xxix, 593 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS850
  • DC20 : 952/025
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Japan -- History -- To 1868