{"product_id":"mercantilism-in-a-japanese-domain-the-merchant-origins-of-economic-nationalism-in-18th-century-tosa-paperback-9780521893350","title":"Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain; The Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in 18th-Century Tosa (Paperback) 9780521893350","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMercantilism in a Japanese Domain\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Merchant Origins of Economic Nationalism in 18th-Century Tosa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLuke S. Roberts (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521893350, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 May 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.4 x 1.5 cm, 0.445 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book explores the historical roots of economic nationalism within Japan. By examining how mercantilist thought developed in the eighteenth-century domain of Toas, Luke Roberts shows how economic ideas were generated at the regional level. During the Edo period (1600-1867), Japan was divided into over 230 competitive states, many of which wished to reduce the dominance of the shogun's economy. The seventeenth-century Japanese economy was based on samurai notions of service - especially the duty performed by the dominal lord to the shogun - and the rhetoric of political economy that centred on the lord and the samurai class. This 'economy of service,' however, led to crises in deforestation and land degradation, government fiscal insolvency and increasingly corrupt tax levies, and finally a loss of faith in government.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of maps, tables and figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Dates and units of measurement used in the text\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The geography and politics of seventeenth-century Tosa\u003cbr\u003e 3. Creating a crisis in Tosa, 1680-1787\u003cbr\u003e 4. The decline and restoration of domain finances\u003cbr\u003e 5. Voices of dissatisfaction and change: the petition box\u003cbr\u003e 6. Imagined economies: merchants and samurai\u003cbr\u003e 7. Declining service\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cooking up a country: sugar, eggs and gunpowder, 1759-1868\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of terms and manuscript document titles used in the text\u003cbr\u003e Sources for figures and tables\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913267929368,"sku":"9780521893350","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521893350i_1793f76e-5c49-4453-9601-851979d29471.jpg?v=1691358988","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mercantilism-in-a-japanese-domain-the-merchant-origins-of-economic-nationalism-in-18th-century-tosa-paperback-9780521893350","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}