Ikki : Social Conflict and Political Protest in Early Modern Japan / James W. White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, James W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peasant uprisings--Japan--History.

Peasant uprisings.

Social conflict--Japan--History.

Social conflict.

Japan--Politics and government--1600-1868.

Japan.

Japan--Social conditions--1600-1868.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The reign of the Tokugawa shoguns was a time of statebuilding and cultural transformation, but it was also a period of ikki: peasant rebellion. James W. White reconstructs the pattern of social conflict in early modern Japan, both among common people and between the populace and the government. Ikki is the first book to cover popular protest in all regions of Japan and to encompass nearly three centuries of history, from the beginnings of the Tokugawa shogunate in the 1590s to the Meiji restoration.White applies contemporary sociological theory to evidence previously unavailable in English. He draws on the long historical record of peasant uprisings, using narrative interpretation and sophisticated quantitative analysis. By linking the texture of conflict to the political and economic regime the shoguns created, he casts doubt on competing interpretations of a contained, orderly society.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Note on Orthography

Introduction

Part I. The Context of Contention

1. The Political Context

2. The Economic Context

3. The Social and Demographic Context

4. The Ideological and Philosophical Context

Part II. The Texture and Content of Contention

5. Frequency and Magnitude

6. Repertoires

7. Process and Cycle

8. Protagonists and Antagonists

9. Twilight of the Ikki

Part III. The Correlates and Causes of Contention

10. Correlation and Causation

11. Á Multivariate Analysis

12. The Inception of Conflict

Part IV. Consequences and Conclusions

13. Implications and Interpretations

14. Conclusion

Appendix 1. The Aoki Kōji Data

Appendix 2. Magnitude and Type of Contention

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-344) and index.

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

ISBN:

9781501704581

1501704583

9781501704598

1501704591

OCLC:

951753483