Japan in print information and nation in the early modern period

Considering the social processes that drove the information explosion of the 1600s, this is an account of the conversion of the public from an object of state surveillance into a subject of self-knowledge. It shows that public texts projected a national collectivity characterized by access to market...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Berry, Mary Elizabeth, 1947- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press 2006.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Asia--local studies/global themes ; 12.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:Considering the social processes that drove the information explosion of the 1600s, this is an account of the conversion of the public from an object of state surveillance into a subject of self-knowledge. It shows that public texts projected a national collectivity characterized by access to markets, mobility, sociability, and self-fashioning.
Descripción Física:xvii, 325 p. : il., mapas
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 291-308) e índice.
ISBN:9780520941465
9781423752646