Japanese Economic History (The Foreshadowing of Modern Growth - Volume 2)

Author: Shūzō Saitō
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Publish Date: 2003-02-12
Features: This volume covers the latter half of the Edo period, particularly the historical period from the Tamon era to the Ansei opening of ports. The theme of this book is how the changed and how it began to. Correspondingly, the perspective that runs throughout this volume is "Central" and "Local." The transition to a more pronounced modernization, which began in the early 19th century, started against the backdrop of what is called the, and this dual structure has many aspects such as the bakufu and the han, cities and rural areas, and the Kansai economy and local economies. The following chapters discuss various issues more or less within this framework.