Everyday Things in Premodern Japan by Susan B Hanley

Everyday Things in Premodern Japan by Susan B Hanley

Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated debates among historians and social scientists. In a discussion that posits the importance of physical well-being as a key indicator of living standards, the text considers daily life in the three centuries leading up to modern era in Japan. It concludes that people lived much better than has been previously understood - at levels equal or superior to their western contemporaries. It goes on to illustrate how this high level of physical well-being has important consequences for Japan's ability to industrialize rapidly and for the comparatively smooth transition to a modern, industrial society.

Susan B. Hanley is Professor of Japanese Studies and History at the University of Washington. She is coeditor of Family and Population in East Asian History (1985).

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ISBN 13	9780520204706
ISBN 10	0520204700
Titre	Everyday Things in Premodern Japan
Auteur	Susan B Hanley
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Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	University of California Press
Année de publication	1997-04-23
Nombre de pages	227
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