Agricultural development and tenancy disputes in Japan, 1870-1940 / Richard J. Smethurst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smethurst, Richard J., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Japan--History.

Agriculture.

Land tenure--Japan--History.

Land tenure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (486 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richard Smethurst shows that the growth of a rural market economy did not impoverish the Japanese farmer. Instead, it led to a general increase in rural prosperity.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1. Agricultural Growth in Modern Japan

CHAPTER 2. The Commercialization of Agriculture in Yamanashi

CHAPTER 3. Sericultural Technology in Yamanashi, 1870-1940

CHAPTER 4. Landlord-Tenant Relations in Ōkamada Village

CHAPTER 5. Tenant Disputes in Japan, 1917-1941

CHAPTER 6. Tenant Disputes in the Kōfu Basin

CODA

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 437-450.

ISBN:

9780691638843

0691638845

9781400854240

1400854245

9780691610771

0691610770

OCLC:

884013524