Everyday Things in Premodern Japan
Everyday Things in Premodern Japan
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Discusses the importance of physical well-being as a key indicator of living standards and considers daily life in the centuries leading up to the modern era in Japan. The text shows how high levels of physical well-being had important consequences for Japan's ability to industrialize rapidly.
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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 |
| Title | Everyday Things in Premodern Japan |
| Author | Susan B Hanley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1997-04-23 |
| Number of pages | 227 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |