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The Economic Emergence of Modern Japan

Editor: Kozo Yamamura, University of Washington

Kozo Yamamura, E. Sydney Crawcour, Takafusa Nakamura, Yutaka Kosai, Kazushi Ohkawa, Henry Rosovsky, Koji Taira

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Date Published: June 1997
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521589468

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The Economic Emergence of Modern Japan is a useful book for those interested in how Japan succeeded in transforming an agricultural economy into an advanced industrial economy. This volume brings together chapters from The Cambridge History of Japan, Volumes 5 and 6, and The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, Volume 7, part 2. Each of the seven chapters, written by leading specialists in Japanese economic history, explains in an authoritative, detailed analysis how institutions, the behaviour of individuals and firms, and official policies changed in order to enable Japan to accumulate capital, adopt new technology, ensure a skilled labour-force, and increase exports of manufactured goods. The authors pay special attention to distinctive Japanese institutions and policies, the effect of the Tokugawa legacy, and the impact of various wars, and the global economy.
- Only book available which brings together useful essays by leading specialists on Japanese economic history from the Tokugawa period to the 1970s
- Highly topical and popular subject
- Includes major essays from leading experts in the field
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Product details
- Date Published: June 1997
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521589468
- length: 387 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 153 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.54kg
- contains: 4 b/w illus. 38 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface Kozo Yamamura
1. Economic change in the nineteenth century E. Sydney Crawcour
2. Industrialization and technological change, 1885–1920 E. Sydney Crawcour
3. Depression, recovery, and war, 1920–1945 Takafusa Nakamura
4. The postwar Japanese economy, 1945–1973 Yutaka Kosai
5. Capital formation in Japan, Kazushi Ohkawa, and Henry Rosovsky
6. Factory labour and the industrial revolution in Japan Koji Taira
7. Entrepreneurship, ownership, and management in Japan Kozo Yamamura.
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Kozo Yamamura, University of Washington
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Kozo Yamamura, E. Sydney Crawcour, Takafusa Nakamura, Yutaka Kosai, Kazushi Ohkawa, Henry Rosovsky, Koji Taira