The Geography of Power in Medieval Japan

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Keirstead, Thomas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Peasants.
Manors.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
HISTORY > General.
Peasants > Japan > History.
Manors > Japan > History.
Japan.
Japon > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1600.
Japan > History > To 1600.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; 1 In Go-Sanjo's Archive: Discovering the System of the Estates; 2 Hyakusho and the Rhetoric of Identity; 3 Offical Transcripts: Myo, Maps, Surveys, and the Entitlement of the Estate ; 4 The Theater of Protest; 5 Conclusion: The Debate About Decline; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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