Ehlers, Maren Annika  (1957-....) <br/><br/>
Give and take  poverty and the status order in early modern Japan /  [Texte imprimé] : 
Maren A. Ehlers 
 - Cambridge :  Harvard University Asia Center,  2018 
 - 1 vol. (351 p.) ;  24 cm 
 - Harvard East Asian monographs ;  413 .
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. [309]-334 
<br/><br/>The castle town and domain of Ono -- Beggars by birth: an outcaste group in domain society -- The management of mendicancy -- The guilds of the blind -- Benevolence, charity, or duty? : hunger relief in the castle town -- Growth through gratitude: welfare in a mercantilist domain 
<br/><br/> "Offers a new history of early modern Japan that focuses on ordinary subjects: merchants, artisans, peasants, and people at the margins of society such as entertainers, laborers, and outcastes. This is the first book to explore how high and low people in Tokugawa society negotiated and collaborated with one other"--Provided by publisher 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-674-98387-8 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Social classes--Japan--History Japan--Social conditions--1600-1868 Poverty--Japan--History Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.510952