Public goods provision in the early modern economy : comparative perspectives from Japan, China, and Europe / edited by Masayuki Tanimoto and R. Bin Wong.

"This volume compares early modern efforts to provide "public goods" defined as non-market mediated goods not limited to personal relations such as kinship. We examine poverty and famine relief, infrastructure, and forestry in East Asia and Europe, using Japan's Tokugawa era (160...

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