{"product_id":"what-is-a-family-answers-from-early-modern-japan-paperback","title":"What Is a Family?: Answers from Early Modern Japan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Elizabeth Berry\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMarcia Yonemoto\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Is a Family? \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the histories of diverse households during the Tokugawa period in Japan (1603-1868). The households studied here differ in locale and in status--from samurai to outcaste, peasant to merchant--but what unites them is life within the social order of the Tokugawa shogunate. The circumstances and choices that made one household unlike another were framed, then as now, by prevailing laws, norms, and controls on resources. These factors led the majority to form stem families, which are a focus of this volume. The essays in this book draw on rich sources--population registers, legal documents, personal archives, and popular literature--to combine accounts of collective practices (such as the adoption of heirs) with intimate portraits of individual actors (such as a murderous wife). They highlight the variety and adaptability of households that, while shaped by a shared social order, do not conform to any stereotypical version of a Japanese family.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Elizabeth Berry\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley. Her books include \u003ci\u003eJapan in Print: Information and Nation in the Early Modern Period.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcia Yonemoto\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45391114797158,"sku":"9780520316089","price":72.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/VXdra2M1aFZpMXlCQ0U2ZVFDNmtWQT09.webp?v=1775130447","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/what-is-a-family-answers-from-early-modern-japan-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}