Population, Family and Society in Pre-modern Japan [Collected Papers of Twentieth Century Japanese Writers on Japan Volume 4]
Hayami, Akira
(Book #ID 83414)
Published by Global Oriental, Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2009. Folkestone 2009.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 10'' x 7¼''. Contains [xxiii] 382 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece. Population, Family and Society in Pre-modern Japan, Akira Hayami, 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. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781906876098
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