Japanese Economic Development: Theory and Practice (NISSAN INSTITUTE ROUTLEDGE JAPANESE STUDIES SERIES) - Hardcover

Francks, Penelope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415041007 ISBN 13: 9780415041003

Publisher: Routledge

Synopsis

The Japanese economy now vies with America as the greatest in the world and Japan's companies have become household names to us all. But how much do we really know about the forces that have made this possible? Penelope Francks has written this book for readers without prior knowledge of the subject, and in it she considers Japan's economic development since the mid-Nineteenth Century in the light of the issues and problems which face the nations of the Third World today. The book traces the roots of Japan's economic growth, looking at the policies and institutions through which industrialisation and agricultural development were achieved. It focuses not just on the emergence of great companies, but also on the experience of the millions of ordinary workers, in factories and workshops and on farms, who created the foundations of today's economic super-power. This lively book mixes detailed case study material with description and analysis of Japanese economic and social history, within the perspective of the development experience of the rest of the world.

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About the Author

Penelope Francks is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Leeds.

Review

'Penny Franck's Japanese Economic Development has since it's publication become a staple text for undergraduate and graduate courses in Japanese economic history, and this widespread use is testimony to its appeal and quality.The author has now undertaken substantial reveisions to the first edition in a way which incoroprates more recent literature and also loactes Japan's experience more into the development studies context of the 1990s. In particular the revised version helops to emphasise more than its predecessor the significance of the pre-war Japanese experience for the post-1945 growth of the Japanese economy.

The end result remains a clearly written, well focused text which can be used to introduce major features of Japan's pre-World War II economic development both to those with an interest in development economics and to those coming from a Japanese Studies background. The revised version is likely to be even more popular among students and teachers than the earlier one.' - Janet Hunter, the London School of Economics

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415041007
• ISBN 13: 9780415041003
• Binding: Hardcover