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Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr, 1992. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. In this analysis of lower-class life in Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868), the author portrays the emergence of an urban proletariat during a time of extraordinary economic change. With the rapid increase in urban construction and commercial activity, hired labourers came to replace the traditional workers, while in households, contracted servants supplanted hereditary workers. The text demonstrates that in the same way that products previously restricted to use by the elite became commodities for mass consumption, labour power itself became a commodity: class relations were gradually mediated by money, and employers and employees dealt with each other on increasingly impersonal, if not hostile, terms. Attempting to control such trends, government officials regulated workers by fixing employment seasons, limiting job tenures, setting wages, and establishing labour exchanges, licensing systems and workhouses.…
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Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr, 1992. In this analysis of lower-class life in Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868), the author portrays the emergence of an urban proletariat during a time of extraordinary economic change. With the rapid increase in urban construction and commercial activity, hired labourers came to replace the traditional workers, while in households, contracted servants supplanted hereditary workers. The text demonstrates that in the same way that products previously restricted to use by the elite became commodities for mass consumption, labour power itself became a commodity: class relations were gradually mediated by money, and employers and employees dealt with each other on increasingly impersonal, if not hostile, terms. Attempting to control such trends, government officials regulated workers by fixing employment seasons, limiting job tenures, setting wages, and establishing labour exchanges, licensing systems and workhouses. The author points out many cases in which Tokugawa policies toward labour resembled those applied by early modern regimes in Europe. Based on population registers, household records, legal documents and popular literature, the book offers a social history of workers and employers alike. Slight spine lean, otherwise in very nice condition.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
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- ISBN 10 0691031398
- ISBN 13 9780691031392
- Publisher Princeton Univ Pr
- Place of Publication Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published 1992
- Keywords Japanese Culture, Japan
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SERVANTS, SHOPHANDS, & LABORERS IN THE CITIES OF TOKUGAWA JAPAN
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New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0691031398 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Small open tear on top front panel. ; 6.75 X 1 X 9.75 inches; 252 pages .
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