Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword -- Akira Hayami: a historiographical appraisal; Introduction; PRELUDE: TWO HISTORICAL LANDMARKS; PART I: TOKUGAWA JAPAN; PART II: DEMOGRAPHY THROUGH THE TELESCOPE; PART III: DEMOGRAPHY THROUGH THE MICROSCOPE; PART IV: FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; PART V: EPILOGUE; Index
Summary
This collection of Akira Hayami's writings in English brings together for the first time an invaluable resource of comparative primary data on the demographic history of Japan. It contains twenty key essays in five parts: Tokugawa Japan, Demography through Telescope, Demography through Microscope, Family and Household, Afterwards
