Ebook: The Economic History of Japan: 1600-1990: Volume 1: Emergence of Economic Society in Japan, 1600-1859 (Economic History of Japan 1660-1990)

Written by leading Japanese scholars, this multi-volume series on modern Japanese economic history has been abridged and rewritten for a non-Japanese audience. It ranges from the time when a discernible consumer population began to form within cities, to the start of rapid industrialization.