Watari Toshiharu (1 results)

New York 1915, Columbia Univ. Brown cloth spine over boards, index, appendix, bibliography, 2 color foldout maps of 1913 railway sytem, 156p., very clean ex-library copy minimal marks, else solid. A Thesis/dissertation. RARE FIRST EDITION . . *** **** *** . . . THE ONE AND ONLY MONOGRAPH ON THE NATIONALIZATION . . OF JAPAN'S RAILWAYS, 1913 . . A SCHOLARLY DISSERTATION & THESIS . * An excellent & through monograph, covering the preliminary survey, historical development of the railroads in Japan, reasons for the accomplishment of nationalization, state finances and the nationalization of railroads. The policy in regard to freight rates, passenger fares & final observation and proposals for reform. . Incudes Japanese railroads in China during the Sino-Japanese war of 1894. . This is the RARE ORIGINAL edition, a dissertation/thesis submitted to Columbia University. . * CONDITION: Rebound in boards preserving the original cover. A very clean ex-library copy, with the usual marks. By and large a clean copy. With two color folding maps, mended hinges and a few other mends, else solid. The book is over 100 years old and showing some of the usual signs of wear. Toning to the maps, and some paper, for its age a good copy. . ***.