| Population, Family and Society in Pre-Modern Japan Contributor(s): Hayami (Author) |
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ISBN: 1906876096 ISBN-13: 9781906876098 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $136.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Demography - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 304.6 |
| Series: Collected Papers of Twentieth-Century Japanese Writers on Ja |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 7.1" W x 9.8" (1.63 lbs) 408 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
