Population, family and society in pre-modern Japan [[electronic resource] ] : collected papers of Akira Hayami

• Autore: Hayami Akira
• Pubblicazione: Folkestone, Kent, U.K., : Global Oriental, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.60952; 306.850952
• Soggetto topico: Families - Japan
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Population History; Japan Social conditions
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Tokugawa Japan -- pt. 2. Demography through the telescope -- pt. 3. Demography through the microscope -- pt. 4. Family and household -- pt. 5. Epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: Doyen of demography studies in Japan at the University of Tokyo, this collection of Akira Hayami’s writings in English brings together for the first time an invaluable resource of comparative primary data on the demographic history of Japan. Containing twenty key essays, the volume is divided into five parts: Tokugawa Japan, Demography through Telescope, Demography through Microscope, Family and Household, Afterwards. It begins with Philip II of Spain and Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the sixteenth century and concludes with Koji Sugi and the emergence of modern population studies in the twentieth century.
• Titolo autorizzato: Population, family and society in pre-modern Japan
• ISBN: 1-282-48618-7; 9786612486180; 90-04-21293-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464998103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Collected papers of twentieth century Japanese writers on Japan ; ; v. 4.