EAS100Y1 Lecture Notes - Silt, Rent Regulation, Miso
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Famine (1) tenmei (1783: several years of bad weather led to bad crops, volcanic explosion of mt. Can be heard all the way from osaka. Torrents of water created flowed down to edo bay. Contributed to the famine by blocking out the sun, covering arable land with ash, filled rivers with silt, ash caustic (?) Famine: the reason for protests, environmental changes lead to change in weather, which can lead to famine. Increase scale of operations (2) changes to distribution of wealth shifting fortunes: some peasants gained wealth, made life harder for urban merchants. In later edo, the gap between rich and poor widened. Led to increased discrepancy between rich and poor peasants: led to protests lots of social upheaval, rural prosper, urban decline. Shift of wealth to rural and breakdown of social status within rural. There"s a need for skill training and federal infrastructure cash about to run out needed skills training and money for cities.
