Labor contracts and labor relations in early modern central Japan
Based on a collection of labour contracts and other documents, this book examines the legal, economic and social relations of labour as they developed in the commercial enterprises of Tokugawa Japan. The urban focus is Kyoto, the cultural capital and smallest of the three great cities of the Tokugaw...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York, N.Y. :
Routledge
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Changing Labour Relations in Asia
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433689306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Labor Contracts and Labor Relations in Early Modern Central Japan; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Capitalism, industry and the organization of labor; 2 Stem family and lineage businesses; 3 Labor organization in industry; 4 Labor contracts and contract labor; 5 Workers, guarantors and migration patterns; 6 Contract conditions; 7 Conflict and resolution; 8 Labor in early modern Japan and beyond; Appendix A: Data sources; Appendix B: Translations of selected documents; Appendix C: Glossary of terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index
