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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459165603321

Autore

Ferejohn John A

Titolo

War and State Building in Medieval Japan [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Palo Alto, : Stanford University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8047-7431-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RosenbluthFrances

Disciplina

952.025

952/.025

Soggetti

Peasants - History - Japan

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

History & Archaeology

East Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1. War and State Building in Medieval Japan / John A. Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth; 2. They Were Soldiers Once: The Early Samurai and the Imperial Court / Karl Friday; 3. Competence over Loyalty: Lords and Retainers in Medieval Japan / Susumu Ike; 4. Community Vitality in Medieval Japan / Tsuguharu Inaba; 5. "Advance and Be Reborn in Paradise . . . ": Religious Opposition to Political Consolidation in Sixteenth-Century Japan / Carol Richmond Tsang; 6. Autonomy and War in the Sixteenth-Century Iga Region and the Birth of the Ninja Phenomenon / Pierre Souyri

7. Instruments of Change: Organizational Technology and the Consolidation of Regional Power in Japan, 1333-1600 / Thomas ConlanPostscript / John A. Ferejohn and Frances McCall Rosenbluth; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces to statebuilding literature the case of Japan, demonstrating the ways in which farmer negotiations with warlords formed the bedrock of a medieval economy that enabled the consolidation of the state.