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Japan in Print: Information and Nation in the Early Modern Period (Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes)
Japan in Print Information and Nation in the Early Modern Period - Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
Author: Mary Elizabeth Berry
A quiet revolution in knowledge separated the early modern period in Japan from all previous time. After 1600, self-appointed investigators used the model of the land and cartographic surveys of the newly unified state to observe and order subjects such as agronomy, medicine, gastronomy, commerce, travel, and entertainment. They subsequently cir...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520237667
ISBN-10: 0520237668
Publication Date: 2/16/2006
Pages: 342
Edition: 1
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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