Japan : An Analytical Model of Economic Development from 1887 - 1915 (first printing) Lessons Learned from Japanese Development & the Meiji Approach : a dualistic framework to predict economic performance and growth

University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 1974. 285 pages. First edition, first printing. A touch of faint foxing along top page edges otherwise about fine. Book is bright, tight and clean. Binding and hinges are strong and sound. Orange cloth is bright with unmarred titles stamped on spine. Original DJ is bright with light rubbing along edges. An uncommon copy in jacket of Williamson's seminal text that uses a historical model of Japan's foundational economic development from 1887-1915, and applies it to modern day, identifying its strengths and pitfalls. An uncommon hardcover edition, scarce in DJ, and rare in collectible condition. As for Jeffrey Gale Williamson, he served as Chairman of Harvard's Economics Department and recipient of the Laird Bell Professor of Economics, Emeritus. Also an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Wisconsin (Madison), Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and Research Fellow for the Center for Economic Policy Research. In addition, he is past-President of the Economic History Association (1994-1995.).…