The Making of a Japanese Periphery, 1750-1920 (Hardcover, New)

Contending that Japan's industrial and imperial revolutions were also geographical revolutions, Karen Wigen's interdisciplinary study analyzes the changing spatial order of the countryside in early modern Japan. Her focus, the Ina Valley, served as a gateway to the mountainous interior of central Japan. Using methods drawn from historical geography and economic development, Wigen maps the valley's changes--from a region of small settlements linked in an autonomous economic zone, to its transformation into a peripheral part of the global silk trade, dependent on the state. Yet the processes that brought these changes--industrial growth and political centralization--were crucial to Japan's rise to imperial power. Wigen's elucidation of this makes her book compelling reading for a broad audience.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power, 3
Release date:	March 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	Karen Wigen
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	356
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-08420-9
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Promotions
LSN:	0-520-08420-9
Barcode:	9780520084209

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