Labour Contracts and Labour Relations in Early Modern Central Japan

Labour Contracts and Labour Relations in Early Modern Central Japan

Based on a collection of labour contracts and other documents, this book examines the legal, economic and social relations of labour as they developed in the commercial enterprises of Tokugawa Japan. The urban focus is Kyoto, the cultural capital and smallest of the three great cities of the Tokugaw...

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Main Author: Nagata, Mary Louise (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Taylor & Francis 2005
Subjects:
Regional studies
Asian history
Ethnic studies
lineage
business
stem
family
soy
sauce
casual
laborers
kawachi
province
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Summary:Based on a collection of labour contracts and other documents, this book examines the legal, economic and social relations of labour as they developed in the commercial enterprises of Tokugawa Japan. The urban focus is Kyoto, the cultural capital and smallest of the three great cities of the Tokugawa period, but the data comes from a wider region of commercial and castle towns and rural villages in central Japan.
ISBN:9780203010075
9780415346054;9780415655347;9781134281442;9781134281435;9781134281398
Access:Open Access

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