Labor contracts and labor relations in early modern central Japan /

Nagata, Mary Louise.,

Labor contracts and labor relations in early modern central Japan / Mary Louise Nagata. - 1 online resource (viii, 184 pages) - Changing labour relations in Asia . - Changing labour relations in Asia. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-180) and index.

1. Capitalism, industry and the organization of labor -- 2. Stem family and lineage businesses -- 3. Labor organization in industry -- 4. Labor contracts and contract labor -- 5. Workers, guarantors and migration patterns -- 6. Contract conditions -- 7. Conflict and resolution -- 8. Labor in early modern Japan and beyond.

9780203010075 9781134281398 9781134281435 9781134281442

10.4324/9780203010075 doi


Industrial relations--History.--Japan
Industrial relations--History--Japan--Sources.
Family-owned business enterprises--History.--Japan--Kyoto
Family-owned business enterprises--History--Japan--Kyoto--Sources.


Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.
Japan--History--Tokugawa period, 1600-1868--Sources.

HD8725 / .N34 2005

331.09520903 / N147