The Economic Emergence of Modern Japan / Edition 1

by Kozo Yamamura

Overview

This useful book explains how Japan succeeded in transforming an agricultural economy into an advanced industrial economy. Each chapter, written by a leading specialist, explains in detail how institutions, the behavior of individuals and firms, and official policies changed in order to enable Japan to accumulate capital, adopt new technology, ensure a skilled labor 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521589468
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/13/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	387
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.91(d)

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.

Editorial Reviews

"Handsomely produced, The Economic Emergence of Modern Japan adds considerable value to the Cambridge Catalog. No other single volume exceeds it in breadth and comprehensiveness, or in judicious construction of the evidence of more than two centuries of economic change." James C. Baxter, H-Net Reviews

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