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Auteur(s) : Von Verschuer, Charlotte
Titre(s) : Rice, agriculture, and the food supply in premodern Japan [Texte imprimé] / Charlotte von Verschuer ; translated and edited by Wendy Cobcroft
Publication : London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016
Description matérielle : xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Needham Research Institute series
Lien à la collection : Needham research institute series
Comprend : Irrigated rice and dry crops ; A mountainous environment : shifting cultivation
; Biodiversity : harvesting of wild plants ; Food security : how much rice did they
eat? ; Polyculture in premodern Japanese traditions.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-345) and index
"The majority of studies on the agricultural history of Japan have focused on the
public administration of land and production, and rice, the principal source of revenue,
has received the most attention. However, while this cereal has clearly played a decisive
role in the public economy of the Japanese State, it has not had a predominant place
in agricultural production. Far from confining its scope to a study of rice growing
for tax purposes, this volume looks at the subsistence economy in the plant kingdom
as a whole. This book examines the history of agriculture in Japan from the 8th to
the 17th century, dealing with the history of agricultural techniques and food supply.
It analyses each of the farming operations from sowing to harvesting, and the customs
pertaining to consumption. It also challenges the widespread theory that rice cultivation
has been the basis of 'Japaneseness' for two millennia and the foundation of Japanese
civilization by focusing on the biodiversity and polycultural traditions of Japan.
Further, it will play a role in the current dialogue on the future of agricultural
production from the viewpoints of ecology, biodiversity, dietary culture and food
security throughout the world as traditional techniques such a crop rotation are explored
in connection with the safeguarding of the minerals in the soil. Surveying agricultural
techniques across the centuries and highlighting the dietary diversity of Japan, this
book will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese history, the history of science
and technology, medieval history, cultural anthropology and agriculture"
Sujet(s) : Politique agricole -- Japon -- Histoire
Riziculture -- Japon -- Histoire
Aliments -- Approvisionnement -- Japon -- Histoire
Japon -- Jusqu'à 1600
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781138885219. - ISBN 1138885215. - ISBN 9781315715605 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44473820q
Notice n° :
FRBNF44473820
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