Economic and Demographic Change in Preindustrial Japan, 1600-1868

by Susan B. Hanley and Kozo Yamamura

Book Overview

According to the Marxist interpretation still dominant in Japanese studies, the last century and a half of the Tokugawa period was a time of economic and demographic stagnation. Professors Hanley and Yamamura argue that a more satisfactory explanation can be provided within the framework of modem economic theory, and they advance and test three important new hypotheses in this book.

The authors suggest that the Japanese economy grew throughout...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691616507
• ISBN13: 9780691616506
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"