Servants, Shophands, and Laborers in the Cities of Tokugawa Japan
Gary P. Leupp
In this analysis of lower-class life in Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868), Gary Leupp vividly portrays the emergence of an urban proletariat during a time of extraordinary economic change. With the rapid increase in commercial activity, products previously restricted to use by the elite became commodities for mass consumption. Likewise, labor power became a commodity as hired laborers replaced traditional corvée workers in the commercial realm and contracted servants supplanted lifetime, hereditary workers in households. Focusing on a class system mediated increasingly by money, Leupp explores the ways employers and employees dealt with each other and the steps taken by government officials to control rising hostilities.-- "Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society"
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کال:
1992
خپرندویه اداره:
PrincetonUP
ژبه:
english
ISBN:
ZIAKQGAACAAJ
فایل:
PDF, 2.34 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1992