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Japan's medieval population :

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082484159X

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1441671153

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9780824841591

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9781441671158

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0824829735

Erroneous ISBN

9780824829735

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b762861

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Japan's medieval population :

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[Book]

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famine, fertility, and warfare in a transformative age /

First Statement of Responsibility

William Wayne Farris.

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Honolulu :

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University of Hawai'i Press,

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©2006.

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1 online resource (x, 372 pages) :

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illustrations

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-360) and index.

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New problems, same result: Mortality in early Medieval Japan, 1150-1280 -- Change within basic continuity: Agriculture, labor, commerce, and family life, 1150-1280 -- The dawn of a new era: lowered mortality and the "Muromachi Optimum," 1280-1450 -- The best of times: Agriculture, commerce, and fertility, 1280-1450 -- Return of the Demons of Yore: Morality during the warring states and unification eras, 1450-1600 -- The brighter side of life: Agriculture, commerce, and family life, 1450-1600.

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Annotation This volume charts a course through neverbefore-surveyed historical territory: Japan's medieval population, a topic so challenging that neither Japanese nor foreign scholars have investigated it in a comprehensive way. And yet, demography is an invaluable approach to the past because it provides a way-often the only way-to study the mass of people who did not belong to the political or religious elite. By synthesizing a vast cache of primary and secondary sources, William Wayne Farris constructs an important analysis of Japan's population from 1150 to 1600 and considers social and economic developments that were life and death issues for ordinary Japanese. Impressive in his grasp of detail and the scope of his inquiry, Farris makes the argument that, although this age initially witnessed the continuation of a centuries-old demographic stasis, a far-reaching transformation began around 1280 and eventually gained momentum until it swept through the Japanese archipelago. Between 1280 and 1600, Japan's population approximately trebled, growing from 6 million to 17 million. Crucial to the demographic breakthrough was the resolution of two central problems facing both the rulers and the ruled. The first was how to supply a burgeoning population with sufficient food; the second, how to keep the peace. Japan's Medieval Population will be required reading for specialists in pre-modern Japanese history, who will appreciate it not only for its thought-provoking arguments, but also for its methodology and use of sources.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctt225tvwq

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Japan's medieval population.

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9780824829735

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Population.

Social conditions

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Demography.

SOCIAL SCIENCE.

Sociology / General.

Japan, History, 1185-1600.

Japan, Population, History.

Japan, Social conditions, To 1600.

Japan.

Japan.

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SOC-- 006000

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Farris, William Wayne.

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20201204222525.0

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