Public goods provision in the early modern economy : comparative perspectives from Japan, China, and Europe /
This volume compares early modern efforts to provide "public goods" defined as non-market mediated goods not limited to personal relations such as kinship. We examine poverty and famine relief, infrastructure and forestry in east Asia and Europe, using Japan's Tokugawa era (1603-1868)...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2019]
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| Summary: | This volume compares early modern efforts to provide "public goods" defined as non-market mediated goods not limited to personal relations such as kinship. We examine poverty and famine relief, infrastructure and forestry in east Asia and Europe, using Japan's Tokugawa era (1603-1868) as a benchmark from which to consider public goods provision in Prussia, China and England. Japan is similar in size to a European country and linked to China through shared beliefs and practices. Such an approach allows us to mediate comparisons made directly between China and Europe and to avoid taking England as the norm for an 'advanced' society. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520303652 0520303652 |