Give and Take : Poverty and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan

Name: Give and Take : Poverty and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan
Brand: Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press

Give and Take offers a new history of government in Tokugawa Japan (1600\u20131868), one that focuses on ordinary subjects: merchants, artisans, villagers, and people at the margins of society such as outcastes and itinerant entertainers. Most of these individuals are now forgotten and do not feature in general histories except as bystanders, protesters, or subjects of exploitation. Yet despite their subordinate status, they actively participated in the Tokugawa polity because the state was built on the principle of reciprocity between privilege-granting rulers and duty-performing status groups. All subjects were part of these local, self-governing associations whose members shared the same occupation. Tokugawa rulers imposed duties on each group and invested them with privileges, ranging from\n\nGive and Take\nPoverty and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.;