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Ikki

Social Conflict and Political Protest in Early Modern Japan

By: James W. White

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Hardcover | 1 March 2016

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The reign of the Tokugawa shoguns was a time of statebuilding and cultural transformation, but it was also a period of ikki: peasant rebellion. James W. White reconstructs the pattern of social conflict in early modern Japan, both among common people and between the populace and the government. Ikki is the first book to cover popular protest in all regions of Japan and to encompass nearly three centuries of history, from the beginnings of the Tokugawa shogunate in the 1590s to the Meiji restoration.

White applies contemporary sociological theory to evidence previously unavailable in English. He draws on the long historical record of peasant uprisings, using narrative interpretation and sophisticated quantitative analysis. By linking the texture of conflict to the political and economic regime the shoguns created, he casts doubt on competing interpretations of a contained, orderly society.

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"White's book shows how quantitative social science methods can be creatively married to in-depth historical knowledge of a particular country." American Political Science Review" "Ikki is ambitious, comprehensive, rigorous, and sophisticated in its conclusions. It is an accessible and wide-ranging book that should be of broad interest to political scientists and other social scientists interested in the comparative study of popular contention." Review of Politics"

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Non-Fiction History Specific Events & Topics in History Revolutions, Uprisings, Rebellions Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies General Studies Social & Cultural History Politics & Government Political Activism Regional & National History Asian History

General & World History Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Violence in Society Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Social Theory

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Note on Orthography
Introduction	p. 1
The Political Context	p. 27
The Economic Context	p. 63
The Social and Demographic Context	p. 83
The Ideological and Philosophical Context	p. 107
Frequency and Magnitude	p. 125
Repertoires	p. 139
Process and Cycle	p. 163
Protagonists and Antagonists	p. 183
Twilight of the Ikki	p. 193
Correlation and Causation	p. 203
A Multivariate Analysis	p. 221
The Inception of Conflict	p. 239
Implications and Interpretations	p. 271
Conclusion	p. 293
Appendix 1 The Aoki Koji Data	p. 313
Appendix 2 Magnitude and Type of Contention	p. 315
Bibliography	p. 325
Index	p. 345
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