Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan
Stephen Vlastos
(Author)
Description
The Japanese peasant has been thought of as an obedient and passive subject of the feudal ruling class. Yet Tokugawa villagers frequently engaged in unlawful and disruptive protests. Moreover, the frequency and intensity of the peasants' collective action increased markedly at the end of the Tokugawa period. Stephen Vlastos's examination of the changing patterns of peasant protest in the Fukushima area shows that peasant mobilization was restricted both ideologically and organizationally and that peasants did not become a prime moving force in the Meiji Restoration.Product Details
Price
$38.34
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
August 16, 1990
Pages
200
Dimensions
5.52 X 0.49 X 8.2 inches | 0.51 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780520072039
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About the Author
Stephen Vlastos is Professor of History at the University of Iowa.
Reviews
"A succinct and lucid historical overview of protest during the Edo period. . . . Students of Tokugawa history, of peasant protest, and of the political economy of premodern societies will read "Peasant Protests and Uprisings in Tokugawa Japan to their profit."--James W. White, "Monumenta Nipponica