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Japan’s Industrious Revolution

Economic and Social Transformations in the Early Modern Period

By: Akira Hayami

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Japan’s Industrious Revolution

Economic and Social Transformations in the Early Modern Period

By: Akira Hayami

This book explains in fascinating detail how economic and social transformations in pre-1600 Japan led to an industrious revolution in the early modern period and how the fruits of the Industrious Revolution are what have supported Japan since the eighteenth century, improving living standards and leading to the formation of the work ethic of modern Japan. The arrival of the Sengoku Period in the sixteenth century saw the emergence and domination of government by the warrior class. It was Tokugawa Ieyasu who unified the realm. Yet this unity did not give rise to an autocratic state, as the shogun was recognized merely as a main pillar of the warrior class. Economically, however, from the fourteenth century, currency payments for shōen nengu (taxes paid to the proprietor) became standard, and currency circulation began, primarily in the central region. Under Tokugawa rule, organized domestic coinage of currency began, opening the way to establishing a national economic society. Also, agricultural land was surveyed through cadastral surveys known as kenchi. Land values were converted in terms of rice, so the expected rice yields for each village were assessed, and the lords used this as a benchmark for imposing taxes. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Japan experienced a “great transition,” and conditions for peasants, agriculture, and farming villages underwent great changes. Inefficient traditional agriculture using peasants in a state of servitude was transformed into highly efficient small-sized farming operations which relied on family labor. As production yields increased due to labor-intensive agriculture, the profits obtained by the peasants improved their living standards. The stem-family system became the norm through which work ethics and even literacy were transmitted. This very change was the result of the “industrious revolution” in Japan. The book thus presents the framework of the facts of pre-industrial Japanese history and depicts pre-modern Japan from a macroscopic point of view, showing how the industrious revolution came about. It is certain to be of great interest to economists and historians alike.

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4431551425

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Population, Family and Society in Pre-Modern Japan

By: Akira Hayami

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Population, Family and Society in Pre-Modern Japan

By: Akira Hayami

Doyen of demography studies in Japan at the University of Tokyo, this collection of Akira Hayami’s writings in English brings together for the first time an invaluable resource of comparative primary data on the demographic history of Japan. Containing twenty key essays, the volume is divided into five parts: Tokugawa Japan, Demography through Telescope, Demography through Microscope, Family and Household, Afterwards. It begins with Philip II of Spain and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the sixteenth century and concludes with Koji Sugi and the emergence of modern population studies in the twentieth century.

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Global Oriental

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9004212930

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9789004212930

Catch-up Industrialization

The Trajectory and Prospects of East Asian Economies

By: Akira Suehiro

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Catch-up Industrialization

The Trajectory and Prospects of East Asian Economies

By: Akira Suehiro

Catch-Up Industrialization is an innovative examination of how the political ideology of 'developmentalism' has driven East Asian economic growth. The author considers innovative production and management techniques, the patterns of industrial relations, and the way education shapes the workforce, using this information to assess late 20th century East Asian economic development based on economic liberalization and the rapid diffusion of information technology.The term 'catch-up' links developing and developed countries, and defines the socioeconomic mindset common to high-growth societies of Asia. The author's argument differs from neoclassical approaches emphasizing the workings of the market, statist ones emphasizing policy rather than private initiatives, business studies lacking macroeconomic and global perspectives, work by development economists based on agriculture, and World BankIMF studies that lack socio-cultural and historical understanding.

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NUS Press

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9971693836

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9789971693831

Technological Change In Japan's Beef Industry

By: James R Simpson,Tadashi Yoshida,Akira Miyazaki,Ryohei Kada

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Technological Change In Japan's Beef Industry

By: James R Simpson,Tadashi Yoshida,Akira Miyazaki,Ryohei Kada

The Japanese Cattle industry has been undergoing major changes for the past three decades. During the 1950's and 1960's mechanized power rapidly. The process of beef industry structure change accelerated in the 1970's as medium scale feedlots came into being, regional packing plants were established, and the beef marketing system matured. Economic forces, both within and external to the industry. A major objective of this book is to test the authors’ hypothesis that beef production by Japan's cattle industry could become competitive with imported beef.

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288

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Routledge

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1000314022

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9781000314021

Narratives on San Ethnicity

The Cultural and Ecological Foundations of Lifeworld Among the !Xun of North-Central Namibia

By: Akira Takada

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Narratives on San Ethnicity

The Cultural and Ecological Foundations of Lifeworld Among the !Xun of North-Central Namibia

By: Akira Takada

This title is now in paperback. The !Xun are a San people living in the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola. In this book, the cultural and ecological foundations of ethnicity of the !Xun provide a case study for an intensive regional structural comparison of Ju societies. Long known to Western Europe as the 'Bushmen, ' the San consist of various groups distinguished by language, locale, and practice. Narratives on San Ethnicity focuses on the !Xun who have lived in north-central Namibia for centuries, and it adopts a life story approach to understand the lived histories of the people. Akira Takuda looks at inter-ethnic relationships and the multi-dimensional associations with neighboring groups, particularly the Owambo and Akhoe, and scrutinizes kinship and naming terminologies, transitions of ethnicity, the interplay between ethnicity and familial/kin relationships, and the reorganization of environmental features that effect child socialization. This book is a valuable research perspective in San studies and in the emerging anthropology of their life-world. It is a significant addition to the small body of anthropological studies on the !Xun. [Subject: Anthropology, African Studies, Ethnic Studies]

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220

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Apollo Books

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1920901922

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9781920901929

Hunters among Farmers

The !Xun of Ekoka

By: Akira Takada,Lesego Sekwati

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Hunters among Farmers

The !Xun of Ekoka

By: Akira Takada,Lesego Sekwati

Through moving life histories, Akira Takada gives the !Xun of north-central Namibia a voice in their own history. In contrast to other marginalised San minorities, the !Xun foster co-operative relationships with their neighbours, the Ovawambo and with the state. In the face of radical social changes over the past century, they have maintained traditional hunting and gathering as a backstop but also sold their skills and labour, acquired their own farms and livestock, and enriched their child-rearing practices in changing ecological conditions. Central to their identity and resilience are their kinship and naming practices which preserve their ethnic cohesion while promoting relationships with other groups. Contributing to an established literature on the San, Takada’s book will allow detailed regional comparison on the !Kung-speaking groups of northern Namibia. Charming sketches from his notebooks give an intimate view of the anthropologist in the field.

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African Books Collective

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9991642684

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9789991642680

The Ecology of Playful Childhood

The Diversity and Resilience of Caregiver-Child Interactions among the San of Southern Africa

By: Akira Takada

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The Ecology of Playful Childhood

The Diversity and Resilience of Caregiver-Child Interactions among the San of Southern Africa

By: Akira Takada

While studies of San children have attained the peculiar status of having delineated the prototype for hunter-gatherer childhood, relatively few serious ethnographic studies of San children have been conducted since an initial flurry of research in the 1960s and 1970s. Based on the author’s long-term field research among several San groups of Southern Africa, this book reconsiders hunter-gatherer childhood using “play” as a key concept. Playfulness pervades the intricate practices of caregiver-child interactions among the San: immediately after birth, mothers have extremely close contact with their babies. In addition to the mother’s attentions, other people around the babies actively facilitate gymnastic behavior to soothe them. These distinctive caregiving behaviors indicate a loving, indulgent attitude towards infants. This also holds true for several language genres of the San that are used in early vocal communication. Children gradually become involved in various playful activities in groups of children of multiple ages, which is the major locus of their attachment after weaning; these playful activities show important similarities to the household and subsistence activities carried out by adults. Rejuvenating studies of San children and hunter-gatherer childhood and childrearing practices, this book aims to examine these issues in detail, ultimately providing a new perspective for the understanding of human sociality.

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Springer Nature

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303049439X

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Japan’s Industrious Revolution

Economic and Social Transformations in the Early Modern Period

By: Akira Hayami

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Population, Family and Society in Pre-Modern Japan

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Global Oriental

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Dr. Slump no 08/15

By: Akira Toriyama

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Dr. Slump no 08/15

By: Akira Toriyama

Todo es posible en Villa Pingüino. Dr. Slump es la obra más delirante de Akira Toriyama, el creador de Dragon Ball A raíz de una avería en la nave espacial que les iba a llevar a la luna, los Tsun acaba en villa Pingüino. Arale, el doctor Norimaki y los demás intentan hacerse amigos de esta familia con poderes bastante peculiares. El torneo deportivo de la escuela será la ocasión perfecta para determinar quiénes son los más fuertes a través de los seis capítulos de este volumen manga shonen.

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Planeta Cómic

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8491530509

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Book's by Akira Hayami

Japan’s Industrious Revolution

Japan’s Industrious Revolution

Population, Family and Society in Pre-Modern Japan

Population, Family and Society in Pre-Modern Japan

Catch-up Industrialization

Catch-up Industrialization

Technological Change In Japan's Beef Industry

Technological Change In Japan's Beef Industry

Narratives on San Ethnicity

Narratives on San Ethnicity

Hunters among Farmers

Hunters among Farmers

The Ecology of Playful Childhood

The Ecology of Playful Childhood

Japan’s Industrious Revolution

Japan’s Industrious Revolution

Population, Family and Society in Pre-Modern Japan

Population, Family and Society in Pre-Modern Japan

Dr. Slump no 08/15

Dr. Slump no 08/15

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