Cultivating commons : joint ownership of arable land in early modern Japan / Philip C. Brown

Author: Brown, Philip C., 1947-
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2011]
Copyright Date: ©2011
Physical Description: xv, 268 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : maps (some color) ; 24 cm

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.Origins and Geopolitical Contexts -- 3.Data and Methodologies -- 4.Varieties and Extent of Joint Landownership -- 5.Lay of the Land: Warichi Practice in Iwade Village -- 6.Warichi and Natural Hazard -- 7.Luck of the Draw? Outcomes and Disputes -- 8.Adaptability, Survivability, and Persistent Influences -- 9.Final Reflections.

Subject(s)

Commons—Japan—Niigata-ken—History
Farm tenancy—Japan—Niigata-ken—History

ISBN

9780824833923 (cloth : alk. paper)
0824833929 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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