The Penetration of Money Economy in Japan and Its Effects Upon Social and Political Institutions

Interprets the economic conditions and the various institutional changes of the later Tokugawa period, culminating in the Meiji revolution of 1867. Preface Contents I. The Economic Organization of Japan Preceding the Penetration of Money Economy II. The Development of Money Economy III. The Effect of Money upon the Development of Towns IV. The Decline of the Village Community V. The Decline of the Samurai Class VI. The Ascendency of the Moneyed Class VII. The Disintegration of the Old Family System VIII. The Fall of the Shogunate Bibliography Glossary Index