Everyday things in premodern Japan :: the hidden legacy of material culture /

Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated vigorous debates among historians and social scientists. In an innovative discussion that posits the importance of physical well-being as a key indicator of living standards, Susan B. H...

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1. Verfasser: Hanley, Susan B., 1939-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1997.
Schriftenreihe:NetLibrary.
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Zusammenfassung:Japan was the only non-Western nation to industrialize before 1900 and its leap into the modern era has stimulated vigorous debates among historians and social scientists. In an innovative discussion that posits the importance of physical well-being as a key indicator of living standards, Susan B. Hanley considers daily life in the three centuries leading up to the modern era in Japan. She concludes that people lived much better than has been previously unders.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520922679
0520922670
0585101477
9780585101477
9780520204706
0520204700
0520218124
9780520218123

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