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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Main Author: Nagata, Mary Louise (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge 2004.
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
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Summary: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 Tokugawa period, but the data comes from a wider region of commercial and castle towns and rural villages in central Japan.
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (193 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781134281442
9781280111648
9780203010075