TY - BOOK ID - 4868725 TI - Japan’s Industrious Revolution : Economic and Social Transformations in the Early Modern Period PY - 2015 SN - 9784431551423 4431551417 9784431551416 4431551425 PB - Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Economics/Management Science. KW - Economic Growth. KW - History. KW - Demography. KW - Family. KW - Economics. KW - Endogenous growth (Economics). KW - Economie politique KW - Histoire KW - Croissance endogène (Economie politique) KW - Démographie KW - Economic history. KW - Japan -- Economic conditions -- History. KW - Japan -- Social conditions -- History. KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic Theory KW - Japan KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions KW - Nihon KW - Nippon KW - Iapōnia KW - Zhāpān KW - I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ KW - Yapan KW - Japon KW - Japão KW - Japam KW - Mư̄ang Yīpun KW - Prathēt Yīpun KW - Yīpun KW - Jih-pen KW - Riben KW - Government of Japan KW - Economic growth. KW - Families. KW - Families KW - History, general. KW - Social aspects. KW - 日本 KW - 日本国 KW - Nipponkoku KW - Nippon-koku KW - Nihonkoku KW - Nihon-koku KW - State of Japan KW - Япония KW - Japani KW - اليابان KW - al-Yābān KW - يابان KW - Yābān KW - Japonsko KW - Giappone KW - Japonia KW - Japonya KW - Historical demography KW - Social sciences KW - Population KW - Vital statistics KW - Annals KW - Auxiliary sciences of history KW - Development, Economic KW - Economic growth KW - Growth, Economic KW - Economic policy KW - Economics KW - Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) KW - Development economics KW - Resource curse KW - Families—Social aspects. KW - Family KW - Family life KW - Family relationships KW - Family structure KW - Relationships, Family KW - Structure, Family KW - Social institutions KW - Birth order KW - Domestic relations KW - Home KW - Households KW - Kinship KW - Marriage KW - Matriarchy KW - Parenthood KW - Patriarchy KW - Social aspects KW - Japan. KW - I͡Aponii͡ KW - Jepun KW - Yapon KW - Yapon Ulus KW - I︠A︡pon KW - Япон KW - I︠A︡pon Uls KW - Япон Улс UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4868725 AB - 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. ER -