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Government and local power in Japan 500 to 1700Book 1970 • Hall, John Whitney
Okayama • Asia > East Asia
This source contains a survey of Japanese political power and organization from prehistory to the late Tokugawa era. The focus of the book shifts back and forth from political events and organization at the national level to those at the local level....Village JapanBook 1972 • Beardsley, Richard K. (Richard King) et al.
Okayama • Asia > East Asia
This book contains a well-rounded ethnographic study of the rice-growing community of Niiike. The study is based on field work conducted in the 1950s by an interdisciplinary team of scholars from the University of Michigan. While Niiike is the focus ...