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Middlemen of Modernity Local Elites and Agricultural Development in Modern Japan.
Among the challenges facing Japan in its quest to match the modern states of the Western world, none was more crucial than the development of agriculture. With a state focused more on the emblematic goals of mechanization, urbanization, and a modern military, it fell upon local elites in villages ac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
2021.
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| Colección: | Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One Mayor Straw Sandals: Kamata Sannosuke and the Meibōka Ideal
- Chapter Two The World Turned Upside Down: Hydrological Conflict and the Transformation of Local Lead
- Chapter Three A Harvest of Knowledge and Ambition: Rōnō and the Rise of Agricultural Associations
- Chapter Four Fighting the Farmers for National Wealth: Landlord Meibōka and the New Agricultural Order
- Chapter Five The Spirit of the Times Has Changed: A New Vision for Agricultural Development
- Chapter Six Coming Full Circle: The Future History of Miyagi Meibōka
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute: Columbia University