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This thoughtfully organized survey of Japan's early modern period (1568-1868) is a remarkable blend of political, economic, intellectual, literary, and cultural history. The only truly comprehensive study in English of the Tokugawa period, it also introduces a new ecological perspective, covering natural disasters, resource use, demographics, and river control.
Price: $37.95
Pages: 593
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
01 August 1995
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520203563
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Conrad Totman is Professor of History at Yale University and the author of Japan Before Perry: A Short History (California, 1981) and The Green Archipelago: Forestry in Pre-Industrial Japan (California, 1989).
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART ONE: BACKGROUND
1. Geography and Climate
2. The Human Legacy
3. Early Modern Japan: An Overview
PART TWO: THE ERA OF PACIFICATION,
1570-1630
4. The Politics of Pacification
5. The Economics of Pacification
6. Culture and Pacification
PART THREE: THE TOKUGAWA HEYDAY,
1630-1710
7. The Politics of Order
8. Economic Growth and Change
9. The Blossoming of Political Thought
10. Aesthetics and the Rise of U kiyo
11. Ecological Trends: The Period of Growth
PART FOUR: STRUGGLING TO STAND STILL,
1710-1790
12. Ecological Trends: The Period of Stasis (I)
13. Ecological Trends: The Period of Stasis (II)
14. Yoshimune and the Kyoho Reform
15. The Politics of Stasis, 17 51-1790
16. Thought and Society: The Eighteenth Century
17. The Later Years of Early Tokugawa
Arts and Letters
PART FIVE: THE EROSION OF STABILITY,
1790-1850
18. Later Tokugawa Arts and Letters
19. Thought and Society, 1790-1850
20. The Best of Times, 1790-1825
21. The Worst of Times, 1825-1850
Epilogue: Breaking Up and Breaking Out,
1850-1870
Appendixes
A. Year Periods (Nengo), 1570-1868
B. Dates of Tokugawa Shogun
c. Early Modern Emperors
Mentioned in the Text
Glossary of Japanese Terms
Suggestions for Further Reading in English
Index
Abbreviations
Introduction
PART ONE: BACKGROUND
1. Geography and Climate
2. The Human Legacy
3. Early Modern Japan: An Overview
PART TWO: THE ERA OF PACIFICATION,
1570-1630
4. The Politics of Pacification
5. The Economics of Pacification
6. Culture and Pacification
PART THREE: THE TOKUGAWA HEYDAY,
1630-1710
7. The Politics of Order
8. Economic Growth and Change
9. The Blossoming of Political Thought
10. Aesthetics and the Rise of U kiyo
11. Ecological Trends: The Period of Growth
PART FOUR: STRUGGLING TO STAND STILL,
1710-1790
12. Ecological Trends: The Period of Stasis (I)
13. Ecological Trends: The Period of Stasis (II)
14. Yoshimune and the Kyoho Reform
15. The Politics of Stasis, 17 51-1790
16. Thought and Society: The Eighteenth Century
17. The Later Years of Early Tokugawa
Arts and Letters
PART FIVE: THE EROSION OF STABILITY,
1790-1850
18. Later Tokugawa Arts and Letters
19. Thought and Society, 1790-1850
20. The Best of Times, 1790-1825
21. The Worst of Times, 1825-1850
Epilogue: Breaking Up and Breaking Out,
1850-1870
Appendixes
A. Year Periods (Nengo), 1570-1868
B. Dates of Tokugawa Shogun
c. Early Modern Emperors
Mentioned in the Text
Glossary of Japanese Terms
Suggestions for Further Reading in English
Index