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Part I. A Social Theory of State, Civility and Publics: Introduction: aesthetic Japan and the Tokugawa Network Revolution 1. Civility without civil sciety: a comparative overview 2. Culture and identity as emergent properties in networks: a theoretical overview Part II. The Transformation of Associational and the Rise of Aesthetic Publics: 3. The medieval origin of aesthetic publics: linked poetry and the ritual logic of freedom 4. The Late Medieval transformation of Za arts in struggles between vertical and horizontal alliances 5. Tokugawa State Formation and the transformation of aesthetic publics 6. The rise of aesthetic civility 7. The Haikai, Network Poetry: The Politics of Border Crossing and Subversion 8. Poetry and Protest: The Rise of Social Power 9. Tacit Modes of Communication and Their Contribution to Japanese National Identities Part III. Market, State, and Categorical Politics: 10. Categorical Protest From the Floating World: Fashion, State and Gender 11. The Information Revolution: Japanese Commercial Publishing and Styles of Proto-Modernity 12. Hierarchical Civility and Beauty: Etiquette and Manners in Tokugawa Manuals Part IV. Concluding Reflections: 13. The Rise of Aesthetic Japan Epilogue: toward a Pluralistic View of Communication Styles Endnotes List of illustrations.