Comments on: Berry on Early Modern Information http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/01/berry-on-early-modern-information/ The Japan History Group Blog Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:45:05 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jonathan Dresner http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/01/berry-on-early-modern-information/comment-page-1/#comment-6263 Jonathan Dresner Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:15:03 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/01/berry-on-early-modern-information/#comment-6263 I think she's taking the transition to peace pretty much as given (having covered most of that ground in <i>Hideyoshi</i>, though there's been some revision of that in the intervening years) and is focusing on the "print revolution" aspect of the 16-17th centuries. But I won't know for sure until I read it. I think she’s taking the transition to peace pretty much as given (having covered most of that ground in Hideyoshi, though there’s been some revision of that in the intervening years) and is focusing on the “print revolution” aspect of the 16-17th centuries. But I won’t know for sure until I read it.

]]> By: Dr. Edward D Rockstein http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/01/berry-on-early-modern-information/comment-page-1/#comment-6226 Dr. Edward D Rockstein Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:08:53 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/japan/2006/01/berry-on-early-modern-information/#comment-6226 This "quiet revolution" owed much to Oda Nobunaga and Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi! The miltary stability which they brought to Japan coupled with Hideyoshi's cadastral survey, the control/suppression of foreign distractors represented by the Portuguese and Dutch countervailing interests, and the ordering and organization of the shoguns provided opportunities for intellectual and commercial elements to propel society forward. Japan certainly had had a "quiet" industrial revolution which Westerners failed to appreciate fully since it didn't look just like the Western model. It appears that Berry's book may play a useful role in highlighting an important and somewhat overlooked transition. Doc Rock This “quiet revolution” owed much to Oda Nobunaga and Hashiba (Toyotomi) Hideyoshi! The miltary stability which they brought to Japan coupled with Hideyoshi’s cadastral survey, the control/suppression of foreign distractors represented by the Portuguese and Dutch countervailing interests, and the ordering and organization of the shoguns provided opportunities for intellectual and commercial elements to propel society forward. Japan certainly had had a “quiet” industrial revolution which Westerners failed to appreciate fully since it didn’t look just like the Western model. It appears that Berry’s book may play a useful role in highlighting an important and somewhat overlooked transition.

Doc Rock

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