The Geography of Power in Medieval Japan.

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

In this reevaluation of the estate system, which has long been recognized as the central economic institution of medieval Japan, Thomas Keirstead argues that estates, or shoen, constituted more than a type of landownership. Through an examination of rent rolls, land registers, maps, and other data d...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Keirstead, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Princeton legacy library.
Temas:
To 1600
Manors > Japan > History.
Peasants > Japan > History.
HISTORY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Manors.
Peasants.
Japan > History > To 1600.
Japon > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1600.
Japan.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In this reevaluation of the estate system, which has long been recognized as the central economic institution of medieval Japan, Thomas Keirstead argues that estates, or shoen, constituted more than a type of landownership. Through an examination of rent rolls, land registers, maps, and other data describing individual estates he reveals a cultural framework, one that produced and shaped meaning for residents and proprietors. Keirstead's discussion of peasant uprisings shows that the system, however, did not define a stable, closed structure, but was built upon contested terrain. Drawing on.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (192 pages)
ISBN:9781400862719
140086271X

Ejemplares similares