Contending that Japan's industrial and imperial revolutions were also geographical revolutions, K???ren 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 ...
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Contending that Japan's industrial and imperial revolutions were also geographical revolutions, K???ren 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.
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336 pp., Hardcover, ex library, else text clean and binding tight (lacks dust jacket). -If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 356 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white. Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power, 3. Audience: General/trade. Clean, unread copy in Fine (Near New) condition. Inscription on the fly-sheet, but no marking or writing in the book. Text is completely clean and the book appears unread. Covers are clean and show no shelf wear. Binding is firm. No dust jacket.
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Near fine in near fine jacket. Brown cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, chop mark on full-title of Helen Hopper, author of works on Japanese feminism and female leaders, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ has hint of rubbing.
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Near Fine. minor crease to upper spine edge. a clean, bright & sharp copy. Brown cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 336 pgs w/ bw illustrations, charts & tables. no dustjacket. content as follows: 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.
