Japan: 18th Century Flashcards
1
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Factors:
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agricultural productivity grew faster than population
30 million people
evidence of some willing to limit family size
2
Q
Institutions
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Tokugawa Shogunate was a decentralized military government which ruled in emperor’s name
3
Q
Social Hierarchy?
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heredity class system emperor, daimyo, shogun which relied on taxes, levied in rice
4
Q
Family systems?
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main source of economic power. property passed through single heir
5
Q
economic system
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markets: foreign trade existed in spite of ban
samurai converted rice stipends into money
6
Q
Money System?
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tri-metallic: gold, silver, copper
7
Q
Culture
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business form: family based
few state run but most state patronage
